Showing posts with label John Harvard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Harvard. Show all posts

Feb 7, 2014

What's in a Name, Harvard

Harvard was founded mainly by a bequest from John Harvard, along with his extensive library in 1636. The iconic statue of him is really not him, because they could not find a real picture of him so the artist had another person sit in. That guy was a student, Sherman Hoar.