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John Harvard was a New England Citizen and the founder of Harvard College. Harvard served as a deputy pastor in Massachusetts Bay Colony before his death in 1638.

Childhood

John Harvard was born in Southwark, Surrey on 26th November 1607.

He spent most of his childhood in his place of birth. Harvard was the fourth born in a family of nine children.

His parents were Robert Harvard who worked as a butcher and Katherine Rogers. He was a member of St. Saviour church where he was baptized.

Harvard later attended Saviour Grammar School, a school that was a foundation of the church.

John harvard cause of death

Harvard's father was a member of the school governing council.

Bubonic plague later struck his family in 1625, killing his father, and two of his siblings. His mother then passed away in 1635 and his brother also passing away in 1637.

Education

Despite losing most his family members during his childhood, John Harvard's quest for education never died.

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