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This Day in Boston History
October 29th, 1607
Who was John Harvard?
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this day he was christened in London at St. Saviour's. His father was governor
of the St. Saviour's school, where John would attended grammar school.
In 1625 London was ravaged by plague. Harvard lost for siblings and his
father, followd by his mother the next year. By 1627 he seems to have decided
on career in the ministry having entered the Puritan-leaning Emmanuel College.
In the spring of 1638 John Harvard came to Charlestown, Mass where he served
as a church teacher for six months until his death after a brief illness.
He verbally willed his library and half his funds to the newly established
Massachusetts college, which would later be named for him. |
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