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Biography Early life. Baptist clergyman and historian, John Callender was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, to John Callender, a shopkeeper, and Priscilla Man. In his early youth, John Callender showed unusual intellectual promise, he attended Harvard College at age 13, where he was introduced to the legacy of early Baptist's in America.
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 Barnard (clergyman) Coat of Arms of John Barnard. John Barnard (6 November 1681 – 24 January 1770) was a Congregationalist minister from Massachusetts . Barnard attended Harvard where he received an MA and also read theology. In 1707 he became one of the chaplains in an expedition against Port Royal, Acadia.
John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years. His writings and vision of the colony as a ...
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.
The school was renamed "Harvard College" on March 13, 1639. Harvard was first referred to as a university rather than a college by the new Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. The College's Harvard Hall burned in 1764, destroying all but one of Harvard's original 400-volume donation.( "Tale of John Harvard's surviving book". Harvard University
John Harvard (ur. 26 listopada 1607 w Londynie, zm. 14 września 1638 w Charlestown [1]) – angielski duchowny purytański, pastor w prowincji Massachusetts Bay. Jego imieniem został nazwany Uniwersytet Harvarda [2] . Londyńczyk z dzielnicy Southwark, czwarty z dziewięciorga dzieci Roberta Harvarda (1562–1625), z zawodu rzeźnika ...
