In 1838, the Methodists and Quakers founded Trinity University in the town of Trinity, NC. In 1892, they moved it to Durham under the name Trinity University. In 1924, James Duke, who owned the American Tobacco Company and who was the first to roll cigarettes by machine, started the Duke Endowment with $40 million of his own money, and the university named itself after Buck Duke's father Washington Duke.
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No, Duke University was named by James Buchanan Duke in honor of his father, Washington Duke. Doris Duke, however, was James Duke's daughter and was highly affiliated with the university.
Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina.
Duke University does not have a vet school.
Duke University Press was created in 1921.
Duke University Libraries was created in 1839.
Duke University Hospital was created in 1925.
The mascot for Duke University is the Blue Devil.
Duke University specializes in the medical feild. alot of there students become doctors after leaving.
Duke University School of Medicine was created in 1930.
Duke University Health System was created in 1998.
Duke doesn't really have an opposite. If you mean the wife of a duke, that is a duchess.