William S. Denison pledged $10,000 toward the Granville College, which was a Baptist school. Honoring an earlier commitment, the trustees accordingly changed the name of the institution to Denison University. They also voted to move the college to land then available for purchase in the village of Granville. Denison died in 1880. William S. Denison William S. Denison (17941880) was a Baptist farmer who was a major benefactor and namesake of Denison University in Ohio. William S. Denison was born in Colrain, Massachusetts on November 13, 1794 as the youngest of eight children. His family was originally from Stonington, Connecticut. Denison migrated to
S (programming language) An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics" (1984 Brown Book) and "Extending the S System". Also, in 1984 the source code for S became licensed through AT&T Software Sales for education and commercial purposes. By 1988, many changes were made to S and the syntax of the language. "The New S Language" (1988 Blue Book) was published to introduce the new features, such as the transition from "macros" to "functions" and how functions can be passed to other functions (such as codice_1). Many other changes to the S language were to extend the concept of "objects", and to make