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Sheffield Scientific School was founded in 1847 as a school of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, for instruction in science and engineering. Originally named the Yale Scientific School , it was renamed in 1861 in honor of Joseph E. Sheffield , a railroad executive.
The Sheffield Scientific School officially became a part of Yale College in 1945, and its legacy continues to pervade our modern Yale’s excellence in the sciences, social structure, academic and residential buildings, and even the Yale Scientific Magazine.
Sheffield Scientific School. The Yale Scientific School was founded in 1854 and renamed the Sheffield Scientific School in 1861 after a generous donor. The School’s Board was incorporated in 1871 to promote the study of the physical, natural, and mathematical sciences in the School.
SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL originated in two professorships established by Yale College in 1846: agricultural chemistry (John Pitkin Norton) and practical chemistry ( Benjamin Silliman Jr.). As the School of Applied Chemistry, it opened in 1847 under Yale's new Department of Philosophy and the Arts.
The Sheffield Scientific School — originally called the Yale Scientific School and informally “the Sheff” — was established in 1854, with the School of Applied Chemistry, formed in 1846, as its foundation.
The Yale Scientific School named the Sheffield Scientific School, in recognition of "the most considerable benefaction, which Yale College has received from any one man from its foundation." Jul 25 1861
FOUNDING OF THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL By JOHN F. FULTON and ELIZABETH H. THOMSON School of Medicine, Yale University NEARLY a hundred years have passed since Benjamin Silliman closed the door of his laboratory for the last time and turned over his duties to his successors. He died a distinguished man, well
