Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in Boston in 1861 by the famous natural scientist William "Barton" Rogers, and is a private university in the United States that cultivates advanced scientific and managerial talent and engages in science and technology education and research. MIT is world-renowned for its natural and engineering sciences, as well as its management, economics, philosophy, political science, and linguistics. Its Lincoln Laboratory, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Media Laboratory, and Sloan School of Management are well known.