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==History==

==History==

After serving his two terms as President, [[Thomas Jefferson]] returned home to [[Virginia]] in hopes of building a University. Jefferson started drawing his plans for the school, and built ten houses that he called pavilions. The school was founded in 1819, and in March of 1825 the University of Virginia opened its doors to 123 students. Thomas Jefferson was a noted critic of organized religion, and true to his form Jefferson even went so far as to ban the teaching of Theology altogether at his University. Jefferson stated "a professorship of theology should have no place in our institution." <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2D0gAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA903&lpg=PA903&dq=%22a+professorship+of+theology+should+have+no+place+in+our+institution.%22&source=bl&ots=goB9MVKzrp&sig=bE5Nu2T2ZfYXCKy9IQvlyxgb9tI&hl=en&ei=D9YzTNvqG8GC8gbwnIi_Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22a%20professorship%20of%20theology%20should%20have%20no%20place%20in%20our%20institution.%22&f=false</ref>

After serving his two terms as President, [[Thomas Jefferson]] returned home to [[Virginia]] in hopes of building a University. Jefferson started drawing his plans for the school, and built ten houses that he called pavilions. The school was founded in 1819, and in March of 1825 the University of Virginia opened its doors to 123 students. Thomas Jefferson was a noted critic of organized religion in public settings, and true to his form Jefferson even went so far as to ban the teaching of Theology altogether at his University. Jefferson stated "a professorship of theology should have no place in our institution." <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=2D0gAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA903&lpg=PA903&dq=%22a+professorship+of+theology+should+have+no+place+in+our+institution.%22&source=bl&ots=goB9MVKzrp&sig=bE5Nu2T2ZfYXCKy9IQvlyxgb9tI&hl=en&ei=D9YzTNvqG8GC8gbwnIi_Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22a%20professorship%20of%20theology%20should%20have%20no%20place%20in%20our%20institution.%22&f=false</ref>

==Today==

==Today==