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John Harvard
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1607
- Died
- 1638
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Christian warfare against the devill world and flesh
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,574x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,691x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,351x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,324x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,853x
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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
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Wikidata facts
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- John Harvard statue.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Harvard
- date of birth
- 1607-11-26
- date of death
- 1638-09-14
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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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1607 births1638 deaths17th-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians17th-century deaths from tuberculosis17th-century English clergy17th-century New England Puritan ministers17th-century philanthropistsAlumni of Emmanuel College, CambridgeBurials at Phipps Street Burying GroundClergy from SouthwarkEnglish DissentersEnglish emigrants to Massachusetts Bay ColonyEnglish philanthropistsHarvard University peoplePeople educated at St Saviour's Grammar SchoolTuberculosis deaths in MassachusettsUniversity and college founders