University of the South
South, University of the: All Saints' ChapelAll Saints' Chapel, the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. University of the South, Private university in Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S., founded in 1857. Though affiliated with the Episcopal church, its teaching program is independent. It has a college of arts and sciences and a school of theology, which offers master’s and doctoral programs. Its literary journal, The Sewanee Review, was founded in 1892.
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University of the South
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
28 November 2011
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November 21, 2024