Jane Stanford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jane Stanford

philanthropist, first lady of California, Co-founder of Stanford University

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1828

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, United States

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1905

Profession: social entrepreneur, philanthropist, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (August 25, 1828 – February 28, 1905) was a co-founder of Stanford University in 1885 (opened 1891) along with her husband, Leland Stanford, as a memorial to their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died in 1884 at the age of 15.
After her husband's death in 1893, she funded and operated the university almost single-handedly until her unsolved murder by poisoning in 1905.