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John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English Puritan 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 the colony consequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shalbee called ...
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.
1600s: Our early origins. 1600s. 1607: John Harvard, the College’s future namesake and first benefactor, was baptized at St. Saviour’s Church (now Southwark Cathedral), London. 1635: John Harvard received his M.A. from Cambridge University, England. 1636: First College in American colonies founded.
John Harvard is an 1884 sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On his 400th anniversary, a look back at the bequest, the fire, and the ‘lone survivor’. 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.
On October 28, 1636, Harvard, the first college in the American colonies, was founded. Who founded Harvard? Despite popular opinion (and a certain statue) John Harvard did not found Harvard, but he was the first major benefactor and he donated half of his estate and his library of more than 400 books to the School.
A quick Instagram search for “John Harvard Statue” yields a possibly endless feed of campus visitors posing with the iconic figure, one of the most photographed statues in the U.S. — as high as No. 3 on some lists.
John Harvard was an English minister and philanthropist, best known for his role in founding Harvard College in 1636, which later evolved into Harvard University.
Thanks to this bequest, John Harvard eventually became the most famous member of Puritan New England's first generation, yet the best tools for sketching him are inference, informed speculation, and the genealogist's most useful friends, vital records.
John Harvard is an 1884 sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It honors clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose substantial deathbed bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that the Colony resolved "that ...