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Founded in 1826 as the Scottish Academy it became the Royal Scottish Academy ( RSA ) on being granted a royal charter in 1838, the RSA maintains a unique position in Scotland as an independently funded institution led by eminent artists and architects to promote and support the creation, understanding, and enjoyment of visual arts through exhibitions and related educational events.
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Founded in 1869, " Killie " is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League.
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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy.
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Founded in 1831, LaGrange began as the female educational institution, LaGrange Female Academy.
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Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona.
Founded in Sweden in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad, who later became one of the richest people in the world, the company's name is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name ( Ingvar Kamprad ), the farm where he grew up ( Elmtaryd ), and his hometown ( Agunnaryd, in Småland, South Sweden ).
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Founded by the Gallic tribe of the Cavares or Cavari, it became the centre of an important Phocaean colony from Massilia ( present Marseilles ).
Founded by King William " the Conqueror " ( as he became known ), it serves as a memorial to the dead and may have been an act of penance for the bloodshed.
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Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Founded on June 1941, with the first college teaching Philosophy, Science and Letters, it became a full university in 1955.
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Founded in 1927 as a scheduled air mail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, the airline became a major company credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry, including the widespread use of jet aircraft, jumbo jets, and computerized reservation systems.
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