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For the founder of Wellesley College, see Henry Fowle Durant.
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Henry Durant
Henry Durant (Acton, Massachusetts, June 18, 1802 – Oakland, California, January 22, 1875) was the founding president of the University of California. Trained at Phillips Academy, Andover, and the Andover Theological Seminary, he founded the Contra Costa Academy, later chartered as the College of California after leaving his position as headmaster of the Dummer Academy (today known as The Governor's Academy) in Byfield, Mass. The college later disincorporated and merged with the state of California's Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College to create the University of California in 1868 (now the Berkeley campus of the UC system). Durant was elected the first president of the University on August 16, 1870 and resigned only two years later in order to relinquish the position to a younger man (Daniel Coit Gilman). Old age did not keep Durant from being elected mayor of Oakland, although he only served for three years before dying in office, on January 22, 1875.

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Preceded by
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1870–1872 (1st)		Succeeded by
Daniel Coit Gilman
For the founder of the University of California, see Henry Durant.
Henry Fowle Durant (originally Henry Welles Smith) (February 22, 1822 – October 3, 1881) was an American lawyer and philanthropist
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Acton, Massachusetts
Acton Town Hall

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  • 1178 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed.

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City of Oakland

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  • 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

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University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California
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College of California was the predecessor of the University of California. The private College was founded in 1855 by Henry Durant, a Congregationalist minister. It was located in the recently established city of Oakland, California.
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The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) is an independent school with 376 students in grades nine through twelve. The school was established in 1763, and is located on 450 acres in Byfield, Massachusetts, 33 miles north of Boston.
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University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal
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August 16 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831-October 13, 1908) was an American educator.

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Gilman graduated from Yale College in 1852 with a degree in geography.
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January 22 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1840s  1850s  1860s  - 1870s -  1880s  1890s  1900s
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University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California
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Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831-October 13, 1908) was an American educator.

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Gilman graduated from Yale College in 1852 with a degree in geography.
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