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If John Harvard is not the founder of Harvard University, then who is he?
I read somewhere that he was not founder of Harvard
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- Anonymous6 years ago
He was someone who bequeathed money and his library to the young college. In gratitude, it was named for him. Because of the bequest, he is considered a founder of the college but not THE founder.
By the same token, Yale was named after someone who made a large early gift to the school.
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