Question: Which was founded first, Ohio State University or University of Cape Town?

Context articles: University of the Western Cape
University of Cape Town
History of Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus
Roger Blackwell
Ohio State University, Lima Campus
Richard Finn (baseball)
Heart of Cape Town Museum
List of Presidents of Ohio State University

The University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
 The University of the Western Cape has a history of creative struggle against oppression, discrimination and disadvantage.
 Among academic institutions it has been in the vanguard of South Africa's historic change, playing a distinctive academic role in helping to build an equitable and dynamic nation.
 UWC's key concerns with access, equity and quality in higher education arise from extensive practical engagement in helping the historically marginalised participate fully in the life of the nation.
 The university was established in 1960 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only.
 Other universities near Cape Town are the University of Cape Town, (UCT, originally for English speaking whites) and the Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans speaking whites).
 The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Extension of University Education Act, 1959.
 This law accomplished the segregation of higher education in South Africa.
 Coloured students were only allowed at a few non-white universities.
 In this period, other 'ethnical' universities, such as the University of Zululand and the University of the North, were founded as well.
 Since well before the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, it has been an integrated and multiracial institution.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
 UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa, it is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Stellenbosch University which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
 UCT is the highest-ranked African university in the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and its Law and Commerce Faculties are consistently placed among the hundred best internationally.
 The language of instruction is English.
The Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university in accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862 under the name of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
 The school was originally situated within a farming community located on the northern edge of Columbus, and was intended to matriculate students of various agricultural and mechanical disciplines.
 The university opened its doors to 24 students on September 18, 1873.
 In 1878, the first class of six men graduated.
 The first woman graduated the following year.
 In 1878, in light of its expanded focus, the college permanently changed its name to the now-familiar "The Ohio State University".
 Ohio State began accepting graduate students in the 1880s, with the university awarding its first master's and doctoral degrees in 1886 and 1890 respectively.
 1891 saw the founding of Ohio State's law school.
 Presently, the university has reached the ranking of becoming a "Public Ivy", as well as very receiving high rankings and awards from many institutions, including "U.S. News", Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a large, primarily residential, public university in Columbus, Ohio.
 Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (Mech).
 The college began with a focus on training students in various agricultural and mechanical disciplines but was developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then Governor (later, President) Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "The Ohio State University".
 It has since grown into the third-largest university campus in the United States.
 Along with its main campus in Columbus, Ohio State also operates a regional campus system with regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster.
The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a regional campus of The Ohio State University located in Mansfield, Ohio.
 It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college.
 Its 644 acre campus is situated in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, the North Central Ohio region, with easy access to Columbus and Cleveland.
 The campus offers seven bachelor degree programs and two master degree programs.
 Students can start at Mansfield and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus, with one or more of Ohio State’s 170 majors.
 The Bromfield Library of the OSU mansfield campus provides access to all the resources of The Ohio State University and Ohio Link.
Roger Blackwell, Ph.D., is an American marketing expert, well-recognized in his field, and an international public speaker - he has lectured to executive groups on six continents.
 He was described in the "New York Times" as one of America's top speakers on business and marketing, along with Daniel Burrus and Tom Peters.
 He has served on the board of directors for multiple public and private companies, most prominently Max & Erma's Restaurant, Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch, and Worthington Foods.
 Blackwell was a long-time marketing professor at Ohio State University, and has also taught at Stanford University, Cape Town University in South Africa, and Guelph University in Canada.
 Prior to his retirement from Ohio State, Sales and Marketing Executives International named him Outstanding Marketing Professor in America.
 He is known for his pioneering model of the consumer decision-making process.
The Ohio State University, Lima, also referred to as Ohio State Lima is a regional campus of Ohio State University located in Lima, Ohio.
 Its 565 acre campus is located in Lima, 80 mi south of Toledo, Ohio.
 It offers over 140 courses and 9 bachelor degree programs in science and liberal Arts.
 Nine of eleven programs are four-year programs at Lima.
 Two of them are baccalaureate completion programs.
 In addition to regional accreditation, Ohio State Lima has baccalaureate program accreditation with NCATE.
 Students can start at Lima and finish their degrees at The Ohio State University, Columbus with one of Ohio State’s 170+ majors.
 The Ohio State University at Lima offers over 20 student clubs and organizations.
 There are also 12 intramural and club athletic teams.
 The Lima Campus Library has 76,000 volumes and 200+ journal subscriptions.
 Library databases also provide access to thousands of online journals.
 The University shares the campus with James A. Rhodes State College.
Richard D. Finn, Jr. (born c. 1933), also known as Dick Finn, was an American baseball player and coach.
 He grew up in Lima, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University.
 He was a pitcher for the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team and captain of the 1955 team that won a Big Ten Conference championship in 1955.
 He graduated from Ohio State in 1955.
 From 1960 to 1964, he was an assistant football and basketball coach at Woodward High School in Toledo, Ohio.
 In August 1964, he was hired as the head baseball coach at the University of Toledo.
 He held that position for until 1969.
 In September 1969 he was hired as an assistant baseball coach at Ohio State.
 In May 1975, after six years as an assistant coach, he became the head baseball coach at Ohio State.
 He stepped down as head baseball coach in June 1987 and was appointed special assistant to Ohio State athletic director Rick Bay.
The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory, Cape Town suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
 It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road.
 The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.
 The museum opened on December 3, 2007 marking the 40th anniversary of the heart transplant by Christiaan Barnard.
 The Heart of Cape Town Museum honors everyone who played a major role in a surgical feat that created a new medical era.
 It also brings attention to ethical and moral implications that came up at the time.
 It also highlights the ways in which Barnard's accomplishment put South Africa and the University of Cape Town on an international stage.
This List of Presidents of Ohio State University includes all who have served as university presidents of Ohio State University since its founding in 1870.
 Ohio State University is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio.
 Founded in 1870, as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
 In 1878, in light of its expanded focus, the college permanently changed its name to The Ohio State University.