The origin of the name of Harvard University.

The name of Harvard University comes from john harvard.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/637, a graduate of Cambridge University in England immigrated to the New World. He was 29 years old, just married and had no children. His name is john harvard and he comes from London. He lives in Charlestown, across the river from the location of the newly established college (there was no official school name at that time). The name of this river is Charles River.

John harvard's dream at that time was to become an assistant pastor of Charlestown Church. Unfortunately, he lived in the new world for less than a year. 1638 In September, he died of lung disease in Charlestown. Before his death, he made a will and donated half of his property (about 780 pounds) and all his books (about 400 volumes) to the newly established college across the river.

This is the largest donation received by the college since its establishment. In order to express our gratitude, the school decided to name this unknown college Harvard College. (Later Harvard University) It was 1639,1March, two and a half years after the establishment of the new college, and six months after Harvard himself died.

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Harvard University has trained eight American presidents and hundreds of Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winners. In addition, it has trained a large number of well-known academic founders, world-class academic leaders, writers and thinkers, such as Norbert Dana, ralph emerson, henry thoreau and Henry James.

Charles Peirce, Robert Frost, william james, Jerome Bruner and george mayo. Famous diplomat, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and current Mongolian President Sakhiagiin Elbegdorj are also from Harvard.

Many scientists, writers and scholars in modern China studied at Harvard University, such as Hu, Zhu Kezhen, Chen Yinque, Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, Liang Sicheng,,, and Leo Oufan Lee.

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