John Harvard

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benefactor clergyman person

John Harvard was a 17th-century English clergyman and benefactor whose substantial bequest helped establish the institution that became Harvard University.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
John Harvard (symbolic statue)	1
John Harvard (unofficial)	1
John Harvard was not the founder of Harvard College	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	benefactor ⓘ clergyman ⓘ person ⓘ
associatedWith	Harvard University ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Puritan clergy in New England ⓘ
baptismDate	1607-11-29 ⓘ
beneficiaryOfDonation	the college at Newtowne ⓘ
birthDate	1607-11-26 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: Southwark Surrey ⓘ
burialPlace	Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown ⓘ
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Harvard University ⓘ John Harvard statue ⓘ
countryOfBurial	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
deathDate	1638-09-14 ⓘ
deathPlace	Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
donated	approximately 400 books ⓘ half of his monetary estate ⓘ
educatedAt	Emmanuel College, Cambridge ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
era	17th century ⓘ
familyName	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard
father	Robert Harvard ⓘ
fieldOfWork	theology ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasMemorial	statue in Harvard Yard ⓘ
honorificAfterDeath	college renamed Harvard College in his honor ⓘ
knownFor	bequest of his library and half his estate to a new college in Newtowne ⓘ major early benefactor of Harvard College ⓘ
mother	Katherine Rogers ⓘ
movedTo	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
namesakeOf	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Harvard University ⓘ
occupation	clergyman ⓘ minister ⓘ
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
religiousTitle	minister at Charlestown ⓘ
residence	Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
sibling	Thomas Harvard ⓘ
spouse	Ann Sadler ⓘ
yearOfImmigration	1637 ⓘ

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Emmanuel College, Cambridge → alumnus → John Harvard ⓘ

Katherine Rogers → child → John Harvard ⓘ

Robert Harvard → child → John Harvard ⓘ

John Harvard statue → depicts → John Harvard ⓘ

Statue of Three Lies → depicts → John Harvard ⓘ

Statue of Three Lies → hasLie → John Harvard ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Harvard was not the founder of Harvard College

Harvard University → hasMascot → John Harvard ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Harvard (symbolic statue)

Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown → hasNotableBurial → John Harvard ⓘ

Harvard Crimson → mascot → John Harvard ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Harvard (unofficial)

Harvard University → namedAfter → John Harvard ⓘ

the college at Newtowne → namedAfter → John Harvard ⓘ

Katherine Rogers → notableRelative → John Harvard ⓘ

Robert Harvard → notableRelative → John Harvard ⓘ

Thomas Harvard → relative → John Harvard ⓘ

Robert Harvard → saidToBeTheFatherOf → John Harvard ⓘ

Thomas Harvard → sibling → John Harvard ⓘ

Ann Sadler → spouse → John Harvard ⓘ