Jimmy Wales the Nupedia and Wikipedia projects until Bomis discontinued funding for his position in February 2002; Sanger resigned as editor-in-chief of Nupedia and as "chief organizer" of Wikipedia on March 1 of that year. Early on, Bomis supplied the financial backing for Wikipedia, and entertained the notion of placing advertisements on Wikipedia before costs were reduced with Sanger's departure and plans for a nonprofit foundation were advanced instead. Wales has asserted that he is the sole founder of Wikipedia, and has publicly disputed Sanger's designation as a co-founder. Sanger and Wales were identified as co-founders at least as early as September
Samuel Russell (Yale co-founder) of the Samuel Russell house in Branford are preserved in the 1742 Room of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale. Samuel Russell (Yale co-founder) Samuel Russell (4 November 1660 – 24 June 1731) was one of the founders of Yale University. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the second son of Rev. John Russell and Rebecca Newberry Russell. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1681 and was ordained while teaching at Hadley, Massachusetts. On 12 September 1687, he was elected pastor of the church at Branford, Connecticut where he officiated for the remainder of his life. The founders of Yale