1884 AD founded
Temple University was founded iby Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia and its pastor Russell Conwell, a Yale-educated Boston lawyer, orator, and ordained Baptist minister, who had served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Conwell came to Pennsylvania in 1882 to lead the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia while he began tutoring working class citizens late at night to accommodate their work schedules. These students, later dubbed "night owls," were taught in the basement of Conwell's Baptist Temple (hence the origin of the university's name and mascot).
Philadelphia, PA
Lattitude: 39.9525° N
Longitude: 75.1652° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 39.9525° N
Longitude: 75.1652° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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