
哈佛大學創(chuàng)建于1636年,原稱劍橋學院。出生于倫敦的英國牧師約翰·哈佛(John Harvard, 英國劍橋大學畢業(yè)) 于1637年由英國到此新建的學院內工作,由于工作很積極,得到好評。他將其全部藏書和一半資產捐贈給這所學院,該校因此而改名為哈佛大學。1638年夏天學校開學時只有一名教師、一所木板房和一個“校院”。
Harvard University, founded in 1636, formerly known as Cambridge College. Born in London, the British minister John Harvard (John Harvard, graduating from the University of Cambridge in England) in 1637 by the British Institute in this new work, the work is very positive, be praised. He will all of its collections and half of these assets donated to the institute, the school be renamed the Harvard University. 1638 summer school at only one school teachers, a Muban Fang and a "School House."