Harvard University is located in Cambridge, near Boston, USA. Founded in 1636, it is the oldest university in the United States. The United States was founded in 1776, nearly 40 years later than Harvard. Harvard University was founded because the British colonists at that time wanted to build a university on American soil. Because many of the founders of Harvard University are graduates of Cambridge University, the city where Harvard University is located is named Cambridge City. Actually, what was the original name of this university? Cambridge college? The present name of Harvard University comes from 1638, the dean of a college called Harvard. When the dean died, he donated half of his savings and 400 books (at 1638, a school with only two years' history and only nine students in the first session, not a small number) to this university. Later, after the House of Representatives voted, it was decided to name this university Harvard University.
Here is another interesting story. At Harvard University, there is a statue of Mr. Harvard. Although the statue is marked with Mr. Harvard's name, it was not carved by Mr. Harvard himself. Because Mr. Harvard didn't leave any video materials, when future generations planned to build such a sculpture, there was no template, so they had to find a handsome student from Harvard University as a sculpture model instead of Mr. Harvard. Due to the lack of video materials, it is not uncommon for American universities to replace primitive people with more handsome students as sculpture models.
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Harvard University is the first university in America (the second is William and Mary College, and the third is Yale University). It is located in Boston, where the first telephone line and the first street with street lights were born. Since the American War of Independence, Harvard has stepped out of a large number of revolutionary pioneers. At the same time, Harvard University is called the think tank of the American government. Eight American presidents, 40 Nobel Prize winners and 30 Pulitzer Prize winners were born here. It can be said that every move of Harvard University determines the social development and economic trend of the United States. Its business school case teaching is widely known. At the same time, it has also trained people who create business miracles, such as Microsoft, IBM and Facebook. The Yanjing Society of Harvard University is committed to cultural exchanges between China and the United States. Dr. Kissinger, who communicated Sino-US relations, laid the foundation for Lin Yutang, Zhu Kezhen, Liang Shiqiu and Liang Sicheng in China's modern humanities and natural sciences, all of which are closely related to this world-famous institution of higher learning.
The official registered name of Harvard University is Dean and Academician of Harvard College. Is a private university located in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League School. 1636 was established by the colonial legislature in Massachusetts. So far, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first and oldest company in North America. Medical college and business college are located in downtown Boston. In Cambridge, next to Harvard University is MIT. This is also a school that enjoys the reputation, wealth and influence of a world-class university. Harvard University is particularly prominent among universities that teach in English. In addition, Harvard has produced the most in the world? Nobel Prize for Global Undergraduates? Known as Rhodes Scholar University. What was Harvard originally called? New college? Or? New Citizen College? 1639, 13 In March, the organization took away a young priest John, who graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England. Harvard was named Harvard College because he donated 779 pounds (doubling every 12 years according to the annual growth rate of 6%, and nearly 3 1 times in 201year, equivalent to at least 1 1 billion times). Harvard university as a? University? At present, the earliest literature points out that it was realized when the new Massachusetts Constitution was promulgated in 1780.
Charles William Eliot became the president of Harvard University at the age of 40 (from 1869 to 1909), which fundamentally turned Harvard into a research university in modern America. Eliot's reform measures include elective courses, small class teaching and entrance examination. Harvard model? It has influenced American national higher and secondary education policies. In addition, Eliot is also responsible for publishing the now famous? Harvard classic? , collected from multiple disciplines? Great book? . After his death on 1926, his name has been associated with? Harvard? * * * is synonymous with the universal vision of American higher education. With a collection of more than 6.5438+0.5 million volumes, Harvard University Library is the largest academic library in the United States and the fifth largest in the world (after the Library of Congress, the British Library, the French National Library and the New York Public Library). In addition, it has the largest financial contribution outside non-profit organizations, reaching $37.8 billion in 2008.
? The predecessor of Harvard University is Cambridge College. 1636, 10 year 10 On 28th October, the colonial Council of Massachusetts Bay passed a resolution to establish an institution of higher learning similar to Cambridge University in England, with an annual appropriation of 400 pounds (corresponding to the economic situation at that time). Since many founders were born in Cambridge University in England, they named the new town where Harvard University is located as Cambridge. 1638 started school, with 9 junior one students. 1638 On September 4th, J Harvard, pastor and dean of Emanuel College, died of illness. He donated half of his savings of 720 pounds and more than 400 books to the school. On March 1639 and 13, the Massachusetts bay colonial parliament passed a resolution to name this school Harvard college. In the first century and a half, the school system mainly imitated European universities. 172 1 formally established the position of professor of theology, 1727 established the position of professor of mathematics and natural science, 1780 established the position of professor of medicine. In the same year, it was expanded to Harvard University; 18 16 set up a seminary, 18 17 set up a law school. Later, various colleges were established in the19th century. The College of Education was established in1920; 1936 set up a school of political science (1966 was named J.F. Kennedy School of Political Science). Since 1966, Harvard University has established 10 graduate schools, namely, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Design, School of Dentistry, School of Theology, School of Education, School of Law, School of Medicine, School of Public Health and Kennedy School of Politics. The two colleges that recruit undergraduates are Harvard College and Radcliffe College. There is also a continuing education office, which is responsible for summer schools, affiliated courses and lifelong learning centers. The three graduate schools of dentistry, medicine and public health are located in Boston, and the rest are concentrated in Cambridge. The college is relatively independent, and successive presidents of Harvard adhere to the 3A principles, namely academic freedom, academic autonomy and academic neutrality (the first letter of these three principles is A).
Today, Harvard University has developed into a large institution with ten graduate schools, more than 40 departments and more than 100 majors. Officially registered degree candidates 18000, mainly graduate students, including undergraduates. In addition, 65,438+03,000 non-degree students study one or more courses in their further education colleges. There are more than14,000 faculty members working in Harvard University, including more than 2,000 professors and lecturers. There are more than 7000 teachers working in various teaching hospitals. Over the years, Harvard University has not only trained a large number of American students, but also accepted a large number of international students and visiting scholars from all over the world.
In history, eight graduates from Harvard University have been elected President of the United States. Are they John? Adams (the second president of the United States), John? Quincy. Adams, Rutherford? Hayes, Theodore? Roosevelt and Franklin? Roosevelt (four terms), John? Kennedy, George? Walker. Bush and Barack? Hussein? Obama. Harvard University has 34 Nobel Prize winners. The courses offered by the school in its early years were based on the model of British universities, but they were consistent with the Puritan philosophy prevailing in this colonial frontier. Although many early graduates became priests in the Puritan settlement of New England, the school never formally joined a particular Sect. An early pamphlet published by 1643 illustrates the existence of Harvard University:? Popularize knowledge and let it continue for future generations. ?
In 2008, in Harvard Business School, MBA (the full name of MBA) education was rated as the first MBA education college in the world!
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What was Harvard's early motto? Check the truth? (Veritas [ 1643])、？ Glory to Christ? (in the glory of Christ [1650]), and? For Christ? For the church? The early seal of Harvard University shows three open books, two facing up and one facing down, symbolizing the dynamic relationship between reason and revelation. One of Harvard's earliest documents, 1642 College Law, wrote:? Let every student seriously take knowing God and Jesus Christ as the source of eternal life (about 17:3) as his main goal in life and study, so he regards Christ as the only basis for all orthodox knowledge and study. All people should seek God's wisdom by praying in secret places. ?
After the founding of the United States, Christian religious autocracy was eliminated and freedom of religious belief was realized. After that, the pursuit of truth and the development of scientific and cultural education gradually flourished, and the motto of Harvard University was finally determined as? The truth? (Weir Software Company).
? Make friends with Plato, Aristotle and truth? Not the motto of Harvard.