Amherst College is a private
liberal arts college in
Amherst, Massachusetts. The college was founded in
1821, with Zephaniah Swift Moore, clergyman and former president of
Williams College, as its first president. It is one of the
Five Colleges; the others are
Smith,
Mt. Holyoke, and
Hampshire Colleges, and the
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The school's sports teams are known as the Lord Jeffs. The name is derived from Lord Jeffrey Amherst, commanding general of British forces in North America during the French and Indian War. The school participates in the NCAA's Division III, the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference[?].
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