# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-harvard
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:55:41.107Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  John Harvard was born in Southwark in 1607 and studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, earning bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1637 he crossed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he served as teaching elder and assistant preacher at the First Church in Charlestown. A year later, dying of tuberculosis, he bequeathed a substantial sum and his 400-volume library to the colony's fledgling school, founded in 1636. The gift moved the colony to rename the institution Harvard College. He never set foot in a classroom there, yet the university calls him the most honored of its founders, and his statue anchors Harvard Yard.