Harvard

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Harvard University www.stateuniversity.com Harvard University Information, Admissions, Academics

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John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.

a city in central Massachusetts. 12,170.

Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range. 14,420 feet (4398 meters).

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Harvard

U.S. college named for John Harvard (1607-38), Puritan immigrant minister who bequeathed half his estate and 260 books to the yet-unorganized college that had been ordered by the Massachusetts colonial government. The surname is cognate with Hereward, O.E. hereweard, lit. "army guard."

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