The present name of Harvard University comes from 1638, the dean of a college called john harvard. When the dean died, he donated half of his savings and 400 books (at 1638, a school with only two years' history and nine students in the first session, not a small amount) to this university. Later, the House of Representatives voted and 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. 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 is also the university with the largest number of Rhodes scholarship winners in the world, and it is known as the "global undergraduate Nobel Prize". Bronze statue of john harvard
Harvard was originally called "New College" or "New Citizen College". 1639, 13 In March, the organization was named Harvard College after a young pastor john harvard who graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England, because he donated 779 pounds (increasing by 6% every year, doubling every 12 years to 2065438+. As a "university", the earliest literature pointed out that Harvard University was realized in 1780 promulgated by the new Massachusetts Constitution. 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. This "Harvard model" has influenced American national higher and secondary education policies. In addition, Eliot is also responsible for publishing the now famous "Harvard Classics" and collecting "great works" from many disciplines. After the death of 1926, his name has become synonymous with "Harvard" in the general 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 university with 10 graduate schools, more than 40 departments and the snow scene of Harvard University.
/kloc-more than 0/00 major universities. 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. They are john adams (the second president of the United States), john quincy adams, Rutherford Hayes, theodore roosevelt, franklin roosevelt (re-elected for four terms), John F. Kennedy, George W. 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 in 1643 clarified the existence of Harvard University: "Promote knowledge and make it last forever for future generations."