| LC control no. | n 91077897 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harvard, John, 1607-1638 |
| Biography/History note | John Harvard (26 November 1607-14 September 1638) was an English minister in America whose deathbed bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was subsequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to bee built at Cambridg shalbee called Harvard Colledge." <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvard_(clergyman)> |
| Associated place | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1607-11-26 |
| Death date | 1638-09-14 |
| Place of birth | Southwark (London, England) |
| Place of death | Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Puritans--Massachusetts Clergy |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Essex Institute for Waters, H.F. Papers, 1850-1907 (John Harvard) WwWA, hist. v. (Harvard, John, 1607-1638; clergyman; b. Southwark, Eng.; s. of Robert & Katherine (Rogers) H.; married Anne Sadler; came to Amer., settling in Charlestown, Mass.; landowner, freeman of the colony; Puritan; willed 400 vols., plus monies for erection of a college; buried in Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard named in his honor by Mass. Gen'l Court in 1639) DNB in VIAF, 10 Dec. 2012 (access point: Harvard, John, 1607-1638) |
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