In 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Its initial Board of Visitors included Jefferson himself, as well as other U.S. Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. In fact, Monroe himself owned the site on which the original campus was located.
Thomas Jefferson was the founder of the University of Virginia. On his headstone, that feat is listed but being president of the US is not.
The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson, in 1819.
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson founded it -- The University of Virginia.
Jefferson established the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson built the University of Virginia.
He did this in 1819, some 10 years after he was president.
Yes.
The University of Virginia (located in Charlottesville)
Jefferson first explained his idea for UVa in January of 1800, and the University was founded in 1819.
In 1819 President Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Jefferson was the principal designer of the University grounds. Its innovative design was an expression of his aspirations for both state-sponsored education and an agrarian democracy in the new Republic.
Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson helped found the
There are several college campuses that have statues of Jefferson. Some of are University of VA, College of Wm and Mary, Columbia University, Wichita State, Jefferson College (PA) and Washington and Jefferson (PA).
He founded the University of Virgina after he was President.