Re: xxxxx Univ. --vs.-- The Univ. of xxxxxxxx

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:16:13 -0400, Rich Ulrich
<rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:11:51 +0000, HenHanna <HenHanna@dev.null>
wrote:
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Why are some uni's        The University of xxxxxxxx
       and others        xxxxxx  University ?
>

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It seems pretty natural to me to say University of xxxx when
xxxx is a place. It does not work well for a person's name
>
Similarly xxxx University is natural when the xxxx is a person's
name, though I feel only a little strain to this ordering for a place.
>

My alma mater is now "Indiana University".  It was founded as "State
Seminary" in 1820, became "Indiana College" in 1828, and "Indiana
University" in 1838. 

While a late-comer compared to Harvard, Indiana only became a state in
1816. 

Wikipedia -- Harvard
  Founded October 28, 1636, and named for its first benefactor, the
  Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of
 higher learning in the United States

Harvard was not recognized as a university until 1780.