Clark University

Clark University is a private research university in , United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the United States.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: American private university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Clark University Becker School of Design and Technology” and “CU”
  • Address: William Street, Worcester, MA 01609

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elm Park and Charles Allen House.

Park
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is an historic park in . The land the park resides on was purchased in 1854, making it one of the first public purchases of land expressly intended for use as a municipal park in the , after in , purchased earlier that year.

Historic building
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The is an historic house at 65 Elm Street in . Built in 1870, it is notable as an unusual and well-preserved Second Empire house, and for its association with Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and jurist Charles Allen. is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Clark University.

Bridge
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is situated 1,000 feet west of Clark University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Estate–Elm Park Historic District and Hammond Heights.

Neighborhood
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The is an expansive residential area in northwestern . It is centered on Cedar and William Streets, and includes properties on adjacent streets.

Hamlet
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is an historic neighborhood subdivision on the west side of . It includes properties along Germain, Haviland, Highland, and Westland Streets and Institute Road, most of which were built between 1890 and 1918, and is a good example of a turn-of-the-century residential subdivision, with a diversity of period architectural styles.

Neighborhood
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The is an historic district at 418–426 Main Street and 9–49 Pleasant Street in . It encompasses the only surviving row of Victorian-era commercial buildings in downtown Worcester.

Clark University

Latitude
42.26872° or 42° 16′ 7″ north
Longitude
-71.81259° or 71° 48′ 45″ west
Elevation
541 feet (165 metres)
Operator
Clark University
Open location code
87JC759P+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 987160421
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
4933345
Wiki­data ID
Q1095773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Clark University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة كلارك”
  • Armenian: “Քլարկի համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá de Clark”
  • Azerbaijani: “Klark Universiteti”
  • Basque: “Clark Unibertsitatea”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт імя Дж. Г. Кларка”
  • Belarusian: “Універсітэт Кларка”
  • Catalan: “Universitat de Clark”
  • Chinese: “克拉克大学”
  • Chinese: “克拉克大學”
  • Chinese: “克莱克大学”
  • Chinese: “克萊克大學”
  • Chinese: “論元 (語言學)”
  • Chinese: “論元”
  • Czech: “Clark University”
  • Dagbani: “Clark University”
  • Dutch: “Clark University”
  • Esperanto: “Universitato Clark”
  • Estonian: “Clarki ülikool”
  • Estonian: “Clarki Ülikool”
  • Finnish: “Clark University”
  • Finnish: “Clarkin yliopisto”
  • French: “Université Clark”
  • Georgian: “კლარკის უნივერსიტეტი”
  • German: “Clark University”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Κλαρκ”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת קלארק”
  • Hungarian: “Clark University”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Clark”
  • Italian: “Clark University”
  • Italian: “Università Clark”
  • Italian: “Università di Clark”
  • Japanese: “クラーク大学”
  • Korean: “클라크 대학교”
  • Latvian: “Klārka Universitāte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clark University”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clark University”
  • Norwegian: “Clark University”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه کلارک”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Clark”
  • Romanian: “Clark University”
  • Romanian: “Universitatea Clark”
  • Russian: “Университет Кларка”
  • Slovenian: “Clark University”
  • Slovenian: “CU”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza Clark”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلارک بیلیم‌یوردو”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Clark”
  • Swedish: “Clark University”
  • Tagalog: “Pamantasang Clark”
  • Ukrainian: “Університет Кларка”
  • Urdu: “کلارک یونیورسٹی”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol Clark”
  • Western Armenian: “Քլարք համալսարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلارک یونیورسٹی”

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