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Weizmann Institute of Science

Also Known As Daniel Sieff Research Institute (original name, until 1949)

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The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934 as the Daniel Sieff Research Institute, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Chaim Weizmann, its founding director and later the first president of Israel, and is today a leading center for basic research across the natural and exact sciences.

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Founded YearSourced to the subject's own account
1934 1
FounderSourced to the subject's own account
Chaim Weizmann 1
SeatSourced to the subject's own account
Rehovot, Israel 1
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The Weizmann Institute of Science was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
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