Arthur Guinness started brewing ales in 1759 at the St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin. On 31 December 1759, he signed a 9,000 year lease at Â£45 per annum for the unused brewery.Ten years later, on 19 May 1769, Guinness first exported his ale: he shipped six-and-a-half barrels to Great Britain.rthur Guinness started brewing ales in 1759 at the St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin. On 31 December 1759, he signed a 9,000 year lease at Â£45 per annum for the unused brewery.
Serving the Non-Traditional Student Our Purpose, Our Passion. Grantham University was founded in 1951 by WWII Veteran Donald Grantham, whose desire was to help fellow veterans improve their lives through higher education. Today, Mr. Grantham's vision and philosophy on quality distance learning remain the driving force behind our success.
The Freedmenâs Aid Society, which actually was incorporated in 1870, became the Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1920.bout 90 percent of the students qualify for financial aid. The BCF was established by the 1972 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. Its schools â including some that were merged â were among the more than 70 colleges and universities that the society launched after the Civil War.