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Harvard, John
Born: 1607 AD
Died: 1638 AD, at 30 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Administrator, Founder
Died: 1638 AD, at 30 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Administrator, Founder
1607 - Harvard was born on November 26th in Southwark, Surrey, across the Thames from the City of London. The original benefactor of Harvard University.
1625 - Harvard was the fourth of nine children, but after his father, a stepsister, and two brothers died of the plague, only his mother and one brother, Thomas, remained of his immediate family.
1627 - With the money that became available to him, he resumed his education in December, when he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he paid his own way.
1631 - Received his B.A. and M.A. from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
1636 - Married to Ann Sandler of Ringmer, Sussex.
1637 - Harvard arrived and migrated in Massachusetts.
1638 - Died from tuberculosis on September 14th in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Half his estate of £1,600 was left to fund Harvard College.
1625 - Harvard was the fourth of nine children, but after his father, a stepsister, and two brothers died of the plague, only his mother and one brother, Thomas, remained of his immediate family.
1627 - With the money that became available to him, he resumed his education in December, when he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he paid his own way.
1631 - Received his B.A. and M.A. from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
1636 - Married to Ann Sandler of Ringmer, Sussex.
1637 - Harvard arrived and migrated in Massachusetts.
1638 - Died from tuberculosis on September 14th in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Half his estate of £1,600 was left to fund Harvard College.
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