Matthew Vassar

Matthew Vassar
From the Vassarion Eighteen Hundred & Ninety-Eight, Vassar College, 1898
Born(1792-04-29)April 29, 1792
DiedJune 23, 1868(1868-06-23) (aged 76)
Resting placePoughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Occupation(s)Brewer, merchant, philanthropist
Spouse
Catherine Valentine
(m. 1813)
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Matthew Vassar (April 29, 1792 – June 23, 1868) was an English-American brewer, merchant, and philanthropist. He founded Vassar College, a women’s college, in 1861. He was a cousin of John Ellison Vassar.[1] The city of Vassar, Michigan, is named after him.