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Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale: colonial administrator, senior representative of the East India Company,  President of Madras, philanthropist and founding benefactor of Yale University. His bones lie in a tomb in St Giles churchyard in Wrexham, flesh and shroud long gone. Upon the … Continue reading

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St. Giles Churchyard

  Pictures taken in St Giles churchyard, Wrexham and a poem written at the grave of Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University.       At the grave of Elihu Yale.   Born in America, in Europe bred.   Summer … Continue reading

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