tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709113517895944060.post3060827315190919615..comments2014-02-12T06:07:10.682-05:00Comments on Has Suitcase, Loves to Travel: Day 36 - Cambridge, it's not just a University...Kathryn R. Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15772415563451755090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709113517895944060.post-24580005960027665592013-10-25T13:05:17.962-04:002013-10-25T13:05:17.962-04:00No indeedy. In fact, the first benefactor of Harv...No indeedy. In fact, the first benefactor of Harvard, John Harvard, for which the school is named, attended Emmanuel University at Cambridge where he earned his B.A. in 1632 and M.A. in 1635, and was subsequently ordained a dissenting minister before he married and sailed to America (supposedly on the Mayflower).<br /><br />He died of tuberculosis on 14 September 1638 (31 years old) and was buried at Charlestown's Phipps Street Burying Ground. In an oral will spoken to his wife, the childless Harvard bequeathed £780 (half of his monetary estate, with the remainder to his wife) as well as—and perhaps more importantly—his 320-volume scholar's library to help establish the university. It was subsequently ordered "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to bee built at Cambridg shalbee called Harvard Colledge."<br /><br />So, Cambridge University (established in 1207) was over 400 years old by the time John Harvard bequeathed his library to the institution. When you realize that our country won't even be 300 years old until 2076, it sort of puts the difference in perspective. Even the town of Cambridge, MA was named after the English University, its original name being Newtowne.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting. Kathryn R. Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772415563451755090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709113517895944060.post-29147714946607759692013-10-24T17:39:50.785-04:002013-10-24T17:39:50.785-04:00Cambridge sure does have a lot going for it. Even ...Cambridge sure does have a lot going for it. Even Harvard, founded in 1636 (according to Wikipedia), doesn't have the deep and formidable history that Cambridge has. What a wonderful place for young people and scholars to find common ground.Patricia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042411219884835267noreply@blogger.com