Philanthropist; born in
New Haven, Conn., April 5, 1649; was educated in
England.
About 1678 he went to the
East Indies where he remained twenty years and amassed a large estate.
He was governor of
Fort George there from 1687 to 1692.
Mr. Yale married a native of the
East Indies, by whom he had three daughters.
He passed his latter days in
England, where he was made governor of the East India Company and a fellow of the Royal Society.
He remembered his native country with affection, and when the school that grew into a college was founded he gave donations to it amounting in the aggregate to about $2,000. It was given the name of
Yale in his honor.
He died in
London, July 8, 1721.
