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Vassar, Matthew

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Vassar, Matthew (1792–1868)

British-born US entrepreneur and educational philanthropist. A proponent of higher education for women, he endowed Vassar Female College in Poughkeepsie, New York, 1861. The school opened 1865 with a full college curriculum and became one of the finest women's educational institutions in the USA.

Born in England, Vassar came to the USA with his family 1796. He worked in his father's brewery in Poughkeepsie before establishing his own firm 1811, and successfully expanded his business interests and real-estate investments.



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