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The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250 - member honor society ; its goal is to " foster , assist , and sustain excellence " in American literature , music , and art . Located in the ___MASK63___ Heights neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City , it shares Audubon Terrace , a complex on Broadway between West 155th and 156th Streets , with the Hispanic Society of America and Boricua College . This article is focused on English - language literature rather than the literature of ___MASK69___ , so that it includes writers from ___MASK8___ , Wales , and the whole of ___MASK1___ , as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire , including the United States . However , until the early 19th century , it only deals with the literature of the ___MASK14___ and ___MASK1___ . It does not include literature written in the other languages of Britain . Duke University is a private research university located in ___MASK77___ , North Carolina , United States . Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present - day town of Trinity in 1838 , the school moved to ___MASK77___ in 1892 . In 1924 , tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment , at which time the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father , Washington Duke . Reynolds Price ( February 1 , 1933 -- January 20 , 2011 ) , born Edward Reynolds Price , was an American poet , novelist , dramatist , essayist and James B . Duke Professor of English at Duke University . Apart from English literature , Price had a lifelong interest in Biblical scholarship . He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters . The Duke Endowment is a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B . Duke . The ___MASK53___ of the foundation is to serve the people of ___MASK36___ and South Carolina by supporting selected programs of higher education , health care , children ' s welfare , and spiritual life . Boricua College is a post - secondary educational institution located in ___MASK60___ City in the United States . The college was designed to serve the educational needs of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics and was founded by Victor G . Alicea and several others . Audubon Terrace , also known as the Audubon Terrace Historic District , is a landmark complex of eight early - 20th century Beaux Arts / American Renaissance buildings located on the west ___MASK32___ of Broadway , bounded by West 155th and West 156th Streets , in the ___MASK63___ Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan , New York City . Home to several cultural institutions , the architecturally complementary buildings , which take up most of a city block , are arranged in two parallel rows facing each other across a common plaza . The complex is directly across 155th Street from Trinity Church Cemetery . A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track faculty to continuously engage in research , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative research and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , research universities strive to recruit faculty who are the ___MASK7___ brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at research universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from research universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . ___MASK3___ is the ___MASK7___ densely populated borough of ___MASK60___ City , its economic and administrative center , and the city ' s historical birthplace . The borough is coextensive with ___MASK60___ County , founded on November 1 , 1683 , as one of the original counties of the U . S . state of ___MASK60___ . The borough consists mostly of ___MASK3___ Island , bounded by the East , Hudson , and Harlem rivers , and also includes several small adjacent islands and Marble Hill , a small neighborhood on the U . S . mainland . ___MASK81___ ___MASK63___ Duke ( December 18 , 1820  May 8 , 1905 ) was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist who fought in the American Civil War . ___MASK77___ is a city in the U . S . state of North Carolina . It is the county seat of ___MASK77___ County , though portions also extend into Wake County in the east and Orange County in the west . ___MASK8___ ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the ___MASK14___ and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK96___ , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The ___MASK14___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK14___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK96___ , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK69___ is a country that is part of the ___MASK14___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish ___MASK61___ lies northwest of ___MASK69___ and the Celtic ___MASK61___ lies to the southwest . ___MASK69___ is separated from continental Europe by the North ___MASK61___ to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The British Empire comprised the dominions , colonies , protectorates , mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the ___MASK14___ and its predecessor states . It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries . At its height , it was the largest empire in history and , for over a century , was the foremost global power . By 1913 , the British Empire held sway over 412 million people , % of the world population at the time , and by 1920 , it covered , % of the Earth ' s total land area . As a result , its political , legal , linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread . At the peak of its power , the phrase " the empire on which the sun never sets " was often used to describe the British Empire , because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories . The Hispanic Society of America is a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of ___MASK62___ , ___MASK80___ , and Latin America . ( Despite the name and the founder ' s intention , it has never functioned as a learned association .) Founded in 1904 by Archer M . ___MASK50___ , the institution is free and open to the public at its original location in a Beaux Arts building on Audubon Terrace ( at 155th Street and Broadway ) in the lower ___MASK63___ Heights area of New York City in the United States . The campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2012 . The City of ___MASK60___ , often called ___MASK60___ City or simply ___MASK60___ , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , ___MASK60___ City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of ___MASK60___ , the city is the center of the ___MASK60___ metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , ___MASK60___ City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " ___MASK60___ minute ". ___MASK41___ to the headquarters of the United Nations , ___MASK60___ is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . ___MASK1___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish ___MASK61___ , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK1___ is the second - largest island of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . James Buchanan Duke ( December 23 , 1856  October 10 , 1925 ) was a U . S . tobacco and electric power industrialist ___MASK68___ known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing , and his involvement with Duke University . ___MASK90___ is a country that is part of the ___MASK14___ and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish ___MASK61___ to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . ___MASK90___ has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate .