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Dec 2, 2015 · In his first theatrical role, Alex Breaux stars as John Harvard, the Puritan reverend who would become Harvard University's first great benefactor and eternal namesake.
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Sep 28, 2015 · This week, we tell the truth about the John Harvard statue on Harvard University's campus in Cambridge. It is inaccurate in three ways--learn why and what to...
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John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English dissenting minister in colonial New England whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or colledge" founded two years earlier by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shalbee called ...
Sep 4, 1986 · John Harvard died at the age of 30 in 1638 of consumption, though no one is sure whether it really was tuberculosis. On his deathbed, the childless minister and graduate of Cambridge University...
John Harvard (born November 1607, London, Eng.—died Sept. 14, 1638, Charlestown [part of Boston], Mass. [U.S.]) was a New England colonist whose bequest permitted the firm establishment of Harvard College.
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May 17, 2018 · John Harvard. Little is known about the short life of John Harvard (1607-1638). Yet his legacy has continued down through the centuries as the principal benefactor of Harvard University, arguably one of the world's most highly respected centers of learning.
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John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [ 2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed...