Organizations University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK , UKY , or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed the name to University of Kentucky. -- From the description of Collection on University of Kentucky postcards. (University of Kentucky Libraries)Read more at Wikipedia...
Inception: 1864
Alternate Names: UK
Website: Â http://www.uky.eduÂ
Associated Place(s): Lexington (Ky.)
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