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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 plague killed his ...
By Andrew Glass. 09/14/2016 12:00 AM EDT. On this day in 1638, John Harvard, a 31-year-old clergyman from Charlestown, Massachusetts, died, leaving his library and half of his estate to a local ...
The library bears the name of Southwark clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), who emigrated to Massachusetts and bequeathed most of his estate, including hundreds of books, to the college now known as Harvard University. Description. Library membership is open to members of the public, regardless of whether they live in Southwark.
John Harvard. John Harvard ( Southwark, Inglaterra, 29 de noviembre de 1607- Charlestown, Massachusetts 14 de septiembre de 1638) fue un clérigo y filántropo inglés que se trasladó a los Estados Unidos en la primera mitad del siglo XVII, habiendo hecho una importante donación a la institución que hoy día lleva su nombre: Universidad ...
La statua qui visibile intitolata a John Harvard è detta popolarmente "Statua delle tre bugie", perché la targa riporta John Harvard come personaggio ritratto e fondatore dell'Università nel 1638. In realtà il personaggio ritratto è solo un modello, John Harvard non fondò l'università ma la finanziò con doni in denaro e di libri e l'istituto fu fondato nel 1636 e non nel 1638.
1 de jan. de 2000 · Only a little more than a year elapsed between the summer of 1637, when the Harvards arrived in Massachusetts, and September 14, 1638, when John died of consumption. During this period he became a valued resident of Charlestown, where he was called to be the church's "teacher," one of its two clergymen. In Harvard, Charlestown had a passionate ...
