TOWN

Official Website:
http://www.hamden.com/

Population:
56,913 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1786

County:
New Haven County

Separated in 1786 from New Haven.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Paier College of Art	1946
Quinnipiac University	1929

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernest Borgnine	Actor	24-Jan-1917	8-Jul-2012	Marty

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert A. Dahl	Political Scientist	17-Dec-1915	5-Feb-2014	Who Governs?
Geoffrey H. Hartman	Critic	11-Aug-1929	14-Mar-2016	The Unmediated Vision
Jaroslav Pelikan	Historian	17-Dec-1923	13-May-2006	The Christian Tradition
Thornton Wilder	Novelist	17-Apr-1897	7-Dec-1975	The Bridge of San Luis Rey
C. Vann Woodward	Historian	13-Nov-1908	17-Dec-1999	The Strange Career of Jim Crow

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