Oglethorpe University

Oglethorpe University

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. The university comprises nine divisions offering undergraduate study in the humanities, business, sciences, and education. It also offers master's degree programs in education and business administration. The campus is distinguished by its English Gothic architecture. Total enrollment is approximately 1,300.

      The university was founded by a group of Presbyterians in 1835, and it was named for James Edward Oglethorpe (Oglethorpe, James Edward), founder of the Georgia colony. The university was then located in Midway, Georgia, and featured a curriculum of classics and natural sciences. The American Civil War forced the closing of the university in 1862. It reopened in 1870 in Atlanta, with business and law courses added, but it was forced to close after two years. Oglethorpe was rechartered in 1913, and the cornerstone of its new campus was laid two years later. In this reincarnation Oglethorpe became a nonsectarian institution. Poet Sidney Lanier (Lanier, Sidney) and baseball player Luke Appling were graduates of Oglethorpe. The university hosts the Georgia Shakespeare Festival.

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