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Harvard University

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Harvard University mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1638 it was named for John Harvard , its first benefactor. During the 1640s the college expanded despite inadequate finances, and in 1650 it was incorporated and chartered by the General Court. Intended to be an institution for the education of Puritan ministers, it grew to be an institution of general education, and new and more liberal s... Read more
Harvard University
Harvard University, first North American...x2013;1909), under whom Harvard took its place as a leading university of the U.S.; A.L. Lowell...wholly integrated into the university. Throughout its history, Harvard has played an important... Read more
Harvard University
...surviving in the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University also has graduate or professional schools of business...largest and most important libraries in the world. Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Read more

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