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  1. 15 de mai. de 2024 · Since its founding in 1636, Harvard has created an enduring history of educational advancement, innovative leadership, and groundbreaking scholarly work.

  2. The history of Harvard University begins in 1636, when Harvard College was founded in the young settlement of New Towne in Massachusetts, which had been settled in 1630. New Towne was organized as a town on the founding of the university, and changed its name two years later to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in honor of the city in England.

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  3. 15 de mai. de 2024 · Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Learn more about Harvard in this article.

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  4. John Harvard. Website. harvard .edu. Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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.

  5. 11 de abr. de 2016 · The history of Harvard University goes back well before American independence. It was founded in 1636 and has always been an exclusive institution. But, as Ronald Story explains, it was only in the nineteenth century that the university came to define membership in one of the most elite groups in the country: the Boston upper class.