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'''Vanderbilt University''' is a [[private university|private]], [[nonsectarian]], [[co-education|coeducational]] [[research university]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|USA]]. Founded in 1873, the university is named for [[ship transport|shipping]] and [[rail transport|rail]] magnate [[Cornelius Vanderbilt|"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt]], who provided Vanderbilt its initial [[United States dollar|$]]1 million endowment despite having never been to the [[Southern United States|South]]. The [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
'''Vanderbilt University''' is a [[private university|private]], [[nonsectarian]], [[co-education|coeducational]] [[research university]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|USA]]. Founded in 1873, the university is named for [[ship transport|shipping]] and [[rail transport|rail]] magnate [[Cornelius Vanderbilt|"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt]], who provided Vanderbilt its initial [[United States dollar|$]]1 million endowment despite having never been to the [[Southern United States|South]]. The [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
==History==
==History==
In the years prior to the American Civil War, the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]] had been considering creating a regional university for the training of [[Minister (Christianity)|ministers]] located centrally for the [[congregation]]s of the church. Through the lobbying of Nashville bishop [[Holland Nimmons McTyeire|Holland McTyeire]], church leaders voted in 1872 to create "Central University" in Nashville. However, lack of funds and the war-ravaged state of the South delayed the opening of the college.
In the years prior to the American Civil War, the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]] had been considering creating a regional university for the training of [[Minister (Christianity)|ministers]] located centrally for the [[congregation]]s of the church. Through the lobbying of Nashville bishop [[Holland Nimmons McTyeire|Holland McTyeire]], church leaders voted in 1872 to create "Central University" in Nashville. However, lack of funds and the war-ravaged state of the South delayed the opening of the college.
