Bishop's University

Bishop's University, provincially supported, English-language university at Lennoxville, Que., Canada; founded 1843 by the Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1853 it gained university status. The university has faculties of business administration, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social sciences and a graduate school of education.

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