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He was born and raised in the [[London]] borough of [[Southwark]], [[Surrey]], the fourth of nine children, the son of Robert Harvard (1562-1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife, Katherine Rogers (1584-1635), a native of [[Stratford-on-Avon]]. In the summer of [[1625]], his father, a stepsister, and two brothers died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]]. Only his mother and one brother, Thomas, remained of his immediate family. |
He was born and raised in the [[London]] borough of [[Southwark]], [[Surrey]], the fourth of nine children, the son of Robert Harvard (1562-1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife, Katherine Rogers (1584-1635), a native of [[Stratford-on-Avon]]. In the summer of [[1625]], his father, a stepsister, and two brothers died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]]. Only his mother and one brother, Thomas, remained of his immediate family. |
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He entered [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], then a [[Puritan]] stronghold, in December [[1627]] and received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[1632]]. Katherine died in [[1635]] and Thomas in the spring of [[1637]]. John married Ann Sadler, of [[Ringmer]], [[Sussex]], in April [[1636]], the sister of [[John Sadler]] |
He entered [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], then a [[Puritan]] stronghold, in December [[1627]] and received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[1632]]. Katherine died in [[1635]] and Thomas in the spring of [[1637]]. John married Ann Sadler, of [[Ringmer]], [[Sussex]], in April [[1636]], the sister of the [[Rev. John Sadler]]. |
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In [[1637]] he emigrated with his wife to [[New England]] and settled in [[Charlestown, Massachusetts]]. In fact, one-third of the first 100 university graduates in New England were graduates of Emmanuel College. |
In [[1637]] he emigrated with his wife to [[New England]] and settled in [[Charlestown, Massachusetts]]. In fact, one-third of the first 100 university graduates in New England were graduates of Emmanuel College. |
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Revision as of 03:26, 12 June 2005
John Harvard (November 26, 1607 – September 14, 1638) was a Massachusetts clergyman, after whom Harvard University is named.
He was born and raised in the London borough of Southwark, Surrey, the fourth of nine children, the son of Robert Harvard (1562-1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife, Katherine Rogers (1584-1635), a native of Stratford-on-Avon. In the summer of 1625, his father, a stepsister, and two brothers died of the plague. Only his mother and one brother, Thomas, remained of his immediate family.
He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, then a Puritan stronghold, in December 1627 and received his B.A. in 1632. Katherine died in 1635 and Thomas in the spring of 1637. John married Ann Sadler, of Ringmer, Sussex, in April 1636, the sister of the Rev. John Sadler.
In 1637 he emigrated with his wife to New England and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. In fact, one-third of the first 100 university graduates in New England were graduates of Emmanuel College.
John Harvard died childless of consumption (tuberculosis) on September 14, 1638. He bequeathed £800 (half of his estate) and his library of around 400 volumes to the New College at nearby Cambridge, which had been founded on September 8, 1636, and to its first schoolmaster: Nathaniel Eaton who, needless to say, was very much hated afterwards by the jealous townsfolk who saw to his deposition and attempted to do the same to his successor, Henry Dunster, but were foiled by a much more aware ecclesiastical power of the Church at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The school renamed itself "Harvard College" on March 13, 1639, and Harvard was first referred to as a university rather than a college by the new Massachusetts constitution of 1780.