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John Harvard
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Key facts
- Born
- Southwark , Surrey , England
- Baptised
- ( 1607-11-29 ) 29 November 1607
- Died
- ( 1638-09-14 ) 14 September 1638 (aged 30), Charlestown , Massachusetts Bay Colony , British America
- Cause of death
- Tuberculosis
- Alma mater
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge ( BA , MA )
- Occupation
- Pastor
- Known for
- A founder of Harvard College
- Spouse
- Ann Sadler
- Children
- None
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Southwark
- Place of death
- Charlestown
- Occupation
- missionary
- Educated at
- Emmanuel College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Congregational churches
- Image
- John Harvard statue.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Harvard
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1607-11-26
- date of death
- 1638-09-14
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
John Harvard (1607– 1638) was an English Puritan 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 the colony consequently ordered "that the
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