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John Harvard: John Harvard Statue in the Harvard University Yard. Despite its name, the statue does not actually depict John Harvard as the artist had no accurate image to work from.
 
 
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Name: John Harvard
Birth Date: November, 1607
Death Date: September 14, 1638
Place of Birth: Southwark, England
Place of Death: Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: minister, philanthropist

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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, arguably one of the world's most highly respected centers of learning. Although...


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John Harvard (November 26, 1607 – September 14, 1638), despite having spent less than eighteen months of his life in England's Massachusetts Bay Colony, is known in the United States as a Massachusetts clergyman after whom Harvard University is...


 

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