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The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749–1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. Founded in 1749 by a group of local notables that included Benjamin Franklin , the Academy of Philadelphia began as a private secondary school, occupying a former religious school ...
In 1755, under the terms of the Additional Charter, the academy was granted collegiate rank and became the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, otherwise called the College of Philadelphia.
Fourth Street campus, College of Philadelphia: Academy/College Building (built 1740) and Dormitory/Charity School (built 1762), c. 1770. Reproduction of a sketch by French artist Pierre Eugène Du Simitière.
This description of the curriculum in the Academy covers the time period from its founding in 1749 to the reorganization of the Academy after the 1791 union of the College with the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Curriculum Overview. The Academy of Philadelphia was founded to provide a classical education with a modern twist.
In the mid-eighteenth century the institution was known as the “College, Academy, and Charity School of Philadelphia.” When the Medical School was founded in 1765, the College and the Medical School became a university, although the term “university” was not added to the institution’s official title until 1779.
Under Franklin's presidency, the Academy of Philadelphia began offering instruction in 1751. Two years later, at Franklin's invitation, William Smith joined the Academy as a teacher of natural philosophy and logic; and in 1755, when the Academy was rechartered as the College of Philadelphia, Smith became its first Provost.
The secondary and collegiate institutions were known collectively as The academy and College of Philadelphia. The college received its charter from Thomas Penn and Richard Penn. [1] Penn CAS is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-oldest chartered college in the United States.
