Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St.
He was eventually removed in 1692 and replaced with Nathaniel Higginson as the President of Madras. == Death == Yale died on 8 July 1721 in London, but was buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St Giles’ Church, Wales.
His tomb is inscribed with these lines: In Boston, Massachusetts, a tablet to Yale was erected in 1927 at Scollay Square, near the site of Yale's birth.
On 6 October 1968, the 250th anniversary of the naming of Yale College for Elihu Yale, the classmates of Chester Bowles, then the American ambassador to India and a graduate of Yale (1924), donated money for lasting improvements to the church and erected a plaque to commemorate the occasion.
In 1970 a portrait of him, Elihu Yale seated at table with the Second Duke of Devonshire and Lord James Cavendish was donated to the Yale Center for British Art from Chatsworth House. On 5 April 1999, Yale University recognized the 350th anniversary of Yale's birthday.
In 1970 a portrait of him, Elihu Yale seated at table with the Second Duke of Devonshire and Lord James Cavendish was donated to the Yale Center for British Art from Chatsworth House. On 5 April 1999, Yale University recognized the 350th anniversary of Yale's birthday.
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