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Oglethorpe University
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<p>Oglethorpe University is a <a href="/facts/Private_college/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Liberal_arts_colleges_in_the_United_States/5aYTpJIs">liberal arts college</a> in <a href="/facts/Brookhaven%2c_Georgia/NTAdDw1X">Brookhaven, Georgia</a>, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General <a href="/facts/James_Edward_Oglethorpe/2xzvlHFv">James Edward Oglethorpe</a>, founder of the Colony of <a href="/facts/Georgia_(U.S._state)/KKnTDY6F">Georgia</a>. </p>