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John Harvard ( Southwark, 26 novembre 1607 – Charlestown, 14 settembre 1638) è stato un pastore protestante britannico, che ha dato il nome all' omonima università . Biografia.
11 mar 2024 · 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.
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John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English dissenting minister in colonial New England whose deathbed bequest to the "schoale or colledge" founded two years earlier by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shalbee called ...
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13 mar 2023 · 13 Marzo 2023. Siamo nei dintorni di Boston, precisamente a Cambridge, nel Massachusetts: fondato l’8 settembre 1636, The New College prende il nome ufficiale di Harvard College il 13 marzo 1639, in riferimento al cospicuo finanziatore John Harvard. Università privata, la Harvard University è al secondo posto nella classifica ...
Filantropo (Londra 1607 - Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1638). Emigrato negli USA, pastore a Charlestown, è noto per il suo lascito a favore dell'università di Cambridge, Mass. (fondata nel 1636), che da allora (1638) prese il suo nome (Harvard University).
17 mag 2018 · Encyclopedia of World Biography. John Harvard >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 [1], arguably one of the world's most highly respected >centers of learning.
3 giorni fa · Despite popular opinion (and a certain statue) John Harvard did not found Harvard, but he was the first major benefactor and he donated half of his estate and his library of more than 400 books to the School. Harvard University was officially founded by a vote by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
