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Harvard University is one of the most famous institutions of higher learning in America. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its main campus is located along the Charles River a few kilometers west of Boston.

Harvard University has nearly $654.38+$50 million in assets, the largest sponsorship, the largest library in the world, and first-class scholars and professors.

Nature: private comprehensive university

Location: Massachusetts, USA. Headquartered in Cambridge, medical school and business school are in Boston.

Date of establishment:1September 8, 636

Composition: 10 graduate school and 2 undergraduate schools.

School motto: Be friends with Plato and Aristotle, especially truth.

Historical review

Harvard came first, then the United States of America, which shows the position of Harvard University in American history. Harvard University is the oldest and most famous university in America.

A college founded by the church

Harvard University is one of the most famous and oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States. This private institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was established on September 8, 1636, formerly known as Cambridge College.

English Puritans immigrated to Plymouth in 1620. 16 years later (the last year of Ming Dynasty in China), Harvard School was established according to the voting result of Massachusetts Supreme Court. Because many Puritans were born in Cambridge University in England, they named the new town where Harvard University was located as Cambridge. At first, there were only 1 male teachers and 9 students in the school.

1638, the Puritan priest john harvard died, and he left his library and half his property to the school. To commemorate Harvard's generous donation, 1639 was renamed Harvard College on March 3rd.

The original Harvard was a place where Puritans who came to the North American continent in the early days spread their religious ideals, and most of its graduates were engaged in the profession of priests. Harvard University was funded by the church in its early days. 1865, the school began to elect the management Committee.

But 1708 John Leverett, the first principal elected, was not a priest. This became a turning point for Harvard to get rid of religion and move towards independence.

Grow sturdily in donations

1780 Harvard College changed into a university. /kloc-at the beginning of the 0/9th century, theological seminaries, law schools and medical schools were established one after another.

Eliot built Harvard from a provincial college into a national university from 1869 to 1909. During his tenure, law schools and medical schools were reborn, and business schools, dental schools and liberal arts schools were born. The number of students and donations has greatly increased.

President Lawrence Lowell (1909~ 1933) reformed undergraduate teaching and advocated students' interdisciplinary free course selection. 1953 ~ 197 1 year, President Puxi launched the largest fund-raising activity in American history and raised 82.5 million dollars for Harvard. Teachers' salaries have been raised, new professorships have been established, and the number of scholarships and school facilities has been increased.

In the past 300 years, Harvard has experienced 27 presidents. Samos, the current president of Harvard University, was the youngest tenured professor at Harvard, teaching political economy. Later, he left Harvard and became the US Treasury Secretary. In 200 1 year, he competed with former vice president Al Gore for the position of president of Harvard. In the end, Harvard chose Samos.