Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English dissenting minister in colonial New England whose deathbed 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 ...
- Statue of John Harvard
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester...
- Statue of John Harvard
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. John Harvard was the son of a butcher and of the daughter of a cattle merchant and alderman of Stratford-on-Avon.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
On March 13, 1639, the college was renamed Harvard College after clergyman John Harvard, a University of Cambridge alumnus who had willed the new school £779 pounds sterling and his library of some 400 books. In the 1640s, Harvard College established the Harvard Indian College, which educated Native American students. It was only attended by a ...
- Year founded
John Harvard (* 26. November 1607 im London Borough of Southwark, England; † 14. September oder 24. September 1638 in Charlestown, Massachusetts) war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe, der 1637 nach Neuengland ausgewandert war. Nach ihm wurde die Harvard University benannt.
Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
17. Mai 2018 · Encyclopedia of World Biography. 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 [1], arguably one of the world's most highly respected >centers of learning.
