02/22/1853 AD founded
Conceived by 17 St. Louis business, political, and religious leaders concerned by the lack of institutions of higher learning in the Midwest. Missouri State Senator Wayman Crow and Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the poet T.S. Eliot, led the effort.
St Louis, MO
Lattitude: 38.627° N
Longitude: 90.1994° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 38.627° N
Longitude: 90.1994° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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