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John Harvard

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Noun1.John Harvard - American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)John Harvard - American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)


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It was named after John Harvard, the English-born Puritan minister who bequeathed pounds 779 and a 300-volume library.
It was named after John Harvard, the English-born Puritan minister who bequeathed pounds 779 and a 300-volume library.
Harvard was originally called Cambridge, but was renamed when clergyman John Harvard bequeathed his personal library and pounds 800 to it.
 
 
 
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