In/At Harvard

[virr2]

Hi,
which preposition is correct "He studied at/in Harvard."

I have doubts after I saw these sentences in Wikipedia:

"Their daughter, Agata Passent, studied in Harvard."

"He was the youngest and most prominent of a remarkable experimental group of prodigies who studied at Harvard in 1909"

Maybe both are acceptable?

Thank you

 

[CacaoSeeds]

I must say, as a native English speaker, only the second one sounds correct to my ears.

 

[TrentinaNE]

Wiki probably has many contributors whose first language is not English.

To indicate attendence/enrollment, we say one studies at a university.

Elisabetta

 

[virr2]

Yes, you're right . Agata Passent is a Polish writer, a daughter of one of Poland's most famous lyricists, Agnieszka Osiecka.

However, the sentence below is from a more reputable site - http://www.bartleby.com/30/1004.html

"Two years later, a position as computer on the “Nautical Almanac” brought him to Cambridge, Mass., where he studied in Harvard University till 1861..."

 

[TrentinaNE]

I can't tell whether the header:

Scientific Papers.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

means that the selection was written during that time period. If it was, then perhaps "in Harvard" was accepted usage back then. It isn't now.

Elisabetta

 

[maxiogee]

To the best of my knowledge one studies at a learned institution.

 

[virr2]

Thank you all