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STREET, Augustus Russell, donor, born in New Haven, Connecticut, 5 November, 1791; died there, 12 June, 1866. He was graduated at Yale in 1812, and studied law, but was compelled to abandon it on account of feeble health, and remained an invalid during the greater part of his life. From 1843 till 1848 he resided in Europe, travelling and devoting himself to the study of art and the rood-ern languages. Mr. Street inherited a fortune, and gave largely to benevolent objects. He presented to Yale its school of the fine arts, one of its finest buildings, also making partial provision for its endowment, founded the Street professorship of modern languages, and made provision in his will for the establishment of the Titus Street professorship in the theological department. His daughter married Admiral Andrew H. Foote.
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