| In 1743, the renowned colonial scholar Francis Alison, motivated by a lack of educational opportunities for young men of the Mid-Atlantic region, began teaching a dozen or so students at his home in New London, Pennsylvania. His academy finally settled in Newark, Delaware, where in 1769 the school was chartered as the Academy of Newark.
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The Reverend Alison’s decision to create his academy represents one of a handful of seminal moments in the University’s history. The Delaware legislature’s charter of 1833, which brought the academy to college status; the designation of the college as a Land Grant institution in 1867; and the decision in 1915 by Pierre S. du Pont to begin his legendary generosity were all similar turning points upon which the future of the University of Delaware hinged.