Christopher Rheinlander Robert
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Christopher Rheinlander Robert (Brookhaven
, Long Island
, New York
, 23 March 1802, Paris
, France
, 28 October 1878) was an American
philanthropist and co-founder of Robert College
later known as Boğaziçi University
.
Brookhaven
Brookhaven may refer to:Places in the United States:*Brookhaven, Georgia, a community just north of Atlanta**Brookhaven/Oglethorpe , a passenger rail station in Brookhaven, Georgia*Brookhaven, Mississippi...
, Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 23 March 1802, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 28 October 1878) was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
philanthropist and co-founder of Robert College
Robert College
Robert College of Istanbul , is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. Robert College is a co-educational, boarding school with a wooded campus on the European side of Istanbul between the two bridges on the Bosphorus, with the Arnavutköy district to the east, and...
later known as Boğaziçi University
Bogaziçi University
Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...
.