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https://jdwcorporate.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/386_history-feature.jpg660500This is named after the founder of Yale University, who lies buried in Wrexham churchyard. Born in America, of an ancient Welsh family, Yale worked in India, where he rose to become Governor of Fort St George. During the last 22 years of his life, he divided his time, living at his estate near Wrexham and his home in London, where he died in 1721.