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John harvard is a pastor in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. 1607165438+1was born in London, England on October 26th, and 1638 died of tuberculosis on September 24th. Before his death, he made a will and donated half of his property and all his books to the newly established college across the river. This is the largest donation received by the college since its establishment. In order to express gratitude, the school decided to name this unnamed college Harvard College (later Harvard University).

Chinese Name: john harvard mbth: john harvard Nationality: American Nationality: British Birthplace: London, England Date of Birth:1607165438+1October 26th Date of Death:1September 24th, 638 Occupation: Pastoral School: Cambridge. University belief: the main achievement of Christianity: donating half of its property and all its books to Harvard College. Cause of death: brief introduction, manifestation and introduction of pulmonary tuberculosis1In the winter of 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. Performance Harvard donated 780 pounds, nearly twice the school's annual financial allocation (the school's allocation is 400 pounds). This was a big income at that time. In today's terminology, the school developed a lot of "hardware" and "software" with this money. But the 400 books donated by Harvard met with bad luck. They were destroyed by a big fire. Only one book survived because a student borrowed it the night before and didn't return it. The most significant thing is that the day after the student returned the priceless orphan, Henry Deng Site, then president of Harvard, dismissed the student who had made outstanding contributions to Harvard history according to the school rules of "borrowing books and not taking them out of the library". Harvard himself was born in England, his father was a butcher, and he had many brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, a plague broke out in 1625, killing his father and four brothers and sisters. Because Harvard himself died young, leaving no children. Throughout the American continent, there are very few people named Harvard. Even in Britain, the name Harvard is rare. Back in those days, when john harvard died in a cabin in Charlestown, he felt very sad that he could not realize his ambition in the new world, and he felt infinite regret that he could not have one or two offspring with his wife. Looking at the new school across the Charles River, Harvard may think: That will be my only contribution to this new continent, and I hope it can make a difference. To Harvard's great relief, the school across the Charles River was not only named after his surname, but eventually became one of the best universities in the New World and even in the world. More importantly, today's young people all over the world are eager to become Harvard people, and feel extremely honored and proud of it. 1884, when the sculptor Daniel French was preparing to make a statue of john harvard, he had a brainwave and found three handsome boys on campus to be models and made it into a statue of john harvard because of the age and the lack of a portrait of john harvard handed down from generation to generation. The base of the statue is engraved with three lines: john harvard, founder, 1638. But in fact, none of them are correct. Because Harvard is only a contributor, not a founder, and the college was founded in 1636, not 1638, the statue was actually painted according to three handsome guys on campus, not Harvard himself. 1924 On April 5th, the statue of john harvard was moved into Harvard Garden. The Alumni Daily commented with satisfaction that the statue finally entered the city from outside the city and entered the stadium from the wild. Today, the bronze statue of john harvard is the most famous landmark on Harvard campus, attracting an endless stream of tourists every day. And it is said that touching the left foot of the bronze statue of john harvard can bring wisdom.