Rutgers (disambiguation)
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The name Rutgers may refer to the following people and institutions.
People:
- Henry Rutgers (1745-1830), Colonel in the American Revolution, and benefactor of Rutgers University.
- Arend Joan Rutgers (1903-1988), a Dutch-Belgian physical chemist.
Institutions:
- Rutgers University — The state university of New Jersey that was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 but was renamed after benefactor Henry Rutgers (above) in 1825. (NOTE: This article largely discusses the main New Brunswick-Piscataway campus).
- Rutgers-Newark for Rutgers University's campus in Newark, New Jersey.
- Rutgers-Camden for Rutgers University's campus in Camden, New Jersey.
- Rutgers Preparatory School — the private preparatory school originally chartered as the Queen's College Grammar School in 1766, and part of Queen's College (now Rutgers University).
- Rutgers is also the name of an extremely popular, heirloom cultivar of tomato, developed at the university of the same name.