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John Harvard (clergyman) John Harvard (November 26, 1607 – September 14, 1638) was an English clergy man after whom Harvard University is named.. Biography. Harvard was born and raised in London, in the borough of Southwark, the fourth of nine children, the son of Robert Harvard (1562-1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife, Katherine Rogers (1584-1635), a native of Stratford-on ...
29. Aug. 2012 · HARVARD, John, American clergyman, founder of Harvard University: b.England, probably in Middlesex, 1607; d. Charlestown, Mass., 24 Sept. 1638. He was entered as a pensioner at the University of Cambridge in 1628, was graduated B.A. in 1631-32, and M.A. in 1635, and having emigrated to America was made a freeman of the colony of Massachusetts, 2 Nov. 1637.
William Hubbard (clergyman) William Hubbard (1621 – September 24, 1704) was a New England clergyman and historian, born in Ipswich, England . As a child, he was taken by his parents to New England, where he later graduated from Harvard as one of nine graduates in the first commencement ceremony (1642), [1] was ordained and became assistant ...
On September 8, 1636, Harvard, the first college in the American colonies, was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University was officially founded by a vote by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Harvard’s endowment started with John Harvard’s initial donation of 400 books and half his estate, but in 1721 ...
Life Early life Harvard House in Stratford-upon-Avon; the childhood home of John Harvard's mother Katherine Rogers. Harvard was born and raised in Southwark, Surrey, England, (now part of London), the fourth of nine children of Robert Harvard (1562–1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife Katherine Rogers (1584–1635), a native of Stratford-upon-Avon.
1. Nov. 2007 · This November, Harvard University will mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, not the institution’s founder as he is sometimes credited, but rather its first major benefactor. Such a noteworthy anniversary warrants reflection, although, unfortunately, a great many details about both the history of John Harvard and the legacy of his library are lost to time.
John Harvard (26. listopadu 1607, Londýn-Southwark – 14. září 1638, Charlestown, nyní součást Bostonu) byl anglický duchovní, který působil v americkém státě Massachusetts. Jeho dar Nové koleji (New College) v Cambridgi – 780 liber a knihovna , jež obsahovala asi 320 svazků knih – způsobil, že po něm byla tato škola 13. března 1639 pojmenována.
