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== History ==
=== 18th century ===
Discussions regarding the founding of a college in the Province of New York began as early as 1704.
Classes were initially held in July 1754 and were presided over by the college's first president, Samuel Johnson who was an Anglican Priest. The college was officially founded on October 31, 1754, as King's College by royal charter of George II, making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States.
In 1763, Johnson was succeeded in the presidency by Myles Cooper, a graduate of The Queen's College, Oxford, and an ardent Tory. In the charged political climate of the American Revolution, his chief opponent in discussions …
