Amherst College ( eng. Amherst College ) is a private humanitarian university in Amherst , Massachusetts , USA [1] [2] . Founded in 1821 as a male college. Since 1975, blended learning has been practiced in college. The college awards a bachelor 's degree in 40 major disciplines [3] .
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| Motto | lat Terras irradient English Let them give light to the world. |
| Based | 1821 |
| Type of | private |
| Trust fund | $ 2.248 billion (2017) |
| The president | Carolyn martin |
| Location | Amherst , Massachusetts , United States |
| Campus | rural (405 hectares) |
| Bachelors | 1,849 |
| Of teachers | 291 |
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| Official site | amherst.edu |
2018 ratings
In the US News & World Report ranking, Amherst College was ranked 2nd among US humanitarian universities.
In the national ranking of US liberal arts colleges (liberal arts colleges), the Washington Monthly newspaper ranked Amherst College in 4th place.
In the Forbes ranking , Amherst College was ranked 16th (in the nomination of the best college) among all US universities [4] .
Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library ( English Folger Shakespeare Library ) is a small library in terms of the number of funds dedicated to Shakespeare's work and literature related to the study of his work, as well as to poets of that era. Located in the capital of the United States - Washington. The management of the library was transferred to the board of trustees of Amherst College, where Henry Folger, an American entrepreneur, President of the Board of Standard Oil and a philanthropist, studied at one time.
The library began with the acquisition of the rich Shakespearean folio facsimile edition in 1885 by the rich Henry Folger. Henry Folger collected rare editions for five years until he acquired a real rarity - the so-called fourth folio of Shakespeare from 1685 . By the end of his life, the library already had all the features of a unique collection.
He and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, donated their library to the American people. For her, a separate room was created in the capital of the United States, in the city of Washington on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress . The construction project was created by architect Paul Philippe Kret. The facades of the building are designed in the style of functionalism .
The Folger Library has vaults, reading rooms and its own theater. The facades of the building are decorated with white marble and nine reliefs with the plots of some of Shakespeare's plays (they were made by American sculptor John Gregory). Contrast with the simplified forms of the facades of the library halls, the design of which copied the decor of the Tudor structures of the English Queen Elizabeth I era. Since 1930 the library is located in a new building, since 1932 it is open to the public.
Facts
In honor of Amherst College named asteroid (516) Amherstia , discovered in 1903 by a college graduate Raymond Dugan .
Graduates and teachers
See also: Category: Graduates of Amherst College
See also: Category: Teachers at Amherst College
- Brown, Dan - American writer, author of the novels The Da Vinci Code , Inferno , etc.
- Warmus, Harold - American virologist, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (1989).
- Kendall, Henry Way - American physicist , Nobel laureate in physics (1990)
- Coolidge, John Calvin - 30th President of the United States, 29th Vice-President of the United States
- Lambrinidis, Stavros - Greek politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece , Special Representative of the European Union .
- Robert Lansing - 42nd US Secretary of State
- Merrill, James - American poet, novelist, playwright
- Mead, William - American Architect
- Parsons, Tolcott - American sociologist- theorist, head of the structural structuralism school, one of the founders of modern theoretical sociology
- Stiglitz, Joseph - American economist , Nobel laureate in economics (2001)
- Wilber, Richard - American poet and translator , Pulitzer Prize winner (1957, 1989).
- Webster, William - Director of the FBI (1978-1987), Director of the CIA (1987-1991)
- Emerson, Benjamin Kendall (1843β1932) - American geologist and petrographer
- Phelps, Edmund - American economist, Nobel laureate in economics (2006)
- Freudental, Dave - American politician , 31st Governor of Wyoming (2003β2011)
- Hall, Jeffrey - American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (2017)
Notes
- β Carnegie Classifications - Amherst College . Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Circulation date July 24, 2010. Archived September 23, 2012.
- β Common Data Set - Enrollment & Persistence . Amherst College. The appeal date is January 1, 2012.
- β Areas of Study . Amherst College. The appeal date is August 8, 2010.
- β America's Best Colleges .
Bibliography
- WS Tyler, History of Amherst College during the first half century, 1821β1871 (CW Bryan, 1873).
- Exercises at the Semi-Centennial of Amherst College (1871).
- William S. Tyler, A History of Amherst College (1894).
- Desert Applegate, The Most Famous Man of America (Doubleday, 2006).
- Nancy Pick and Frank Ward, Curious Footprints: Professor Hitchcock's Dinosaur Tracks & Natural History Treasures at Amherst College (Amherst College Press, 2006).
- Passages Of Time, Narratives in Amherst College , edited and with several selections by Douglas C. Wilson, son of William E. Wilson (Amherst College Press, 2007).
Links
- amherst.edu - the official website of Amherst College