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| x Derek Bok |
Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University.
Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954),...
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| x Cornelius Conway Felton |
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Cornelius Conway Felton (November 6, 1807 – February 26, 1862) was an American educator. He was regent of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as professor of Greek literature and president of Harvard University.
Felton was born in West Newbury,...
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| x Thomas Hill |
Thomas Hill (1818 – 1891) was an American Unitarian clergyman and educator. He was president of Antioch College from 1860 to 1862, and then of Harvard University from 1862 to 1868. In 1857 Thomas Hill invented (and patented - US patent Nr 18692 for...
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| x Drew Gilpin Faust |
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Drew Gilpin Faust, an American historian and professor, is the first female president of Harvard University. A veteran Ivy League professor and administrator, Faust is known especially for her work on the history of the American South. She has won...
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| x Edward Everett |
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Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United...
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| x Charles William Eliot |
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Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 – August 22, 1926) was an American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university. Eliot served the longest term...
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| x Henry Dunster |
Henry Dunster (November 26, 1609 – February 27, 1659) was an Anglo-American Puritan clergyman and educator. Born at Bolholt, Bury, Lancashire, England to Henry Dunster Sr (1582–1626) and Isabelle Kaye (1583–1643), Dunster studied and graduated from...
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| x James Bryant Conant |
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James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was a chemist, educational administrator, and government official. As the President of Harvard University he reformed it as a research institution.
Conant was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts...
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| x Charles Chauncy |
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Charles Chauncy (November 5, 1592 – February 19, 1672) was an Anglo-American clergyman and educator. He was born at Yardleybury (Ardeley), Hertfordshire, England and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he later was a lecturer in Greek....
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| x Leonard Hoar |
Leonard Hoar (1630 – November 28, 1675) was an early American clergyman and educator. He was educated at Harvard College, graduating in 1650, and later studied medicine at Cambridge University. He occupied various ecclesiastical positions in England...
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| x Edward Holyoke |
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Edward Holyoke (June 26, 1689 – June 1, 1769) was an early American clergyman, and the 9th President of Harvard College.
Edward Holyoke was the son of a wealthy and influential businessman, Elizur Holyoke Jr, who held several local town offices and...
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| x John Thornton Kirkland |
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John Thornton Kirkland (1770–1840) served as President of Harvard University from 1810 to 1828. A minister like many of his predecessors, he is remembered chiefly for his lenient treatment of students. Kirkland House, one of Harvard's undergraduate ...
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| x Samuel Langdon |
Samuel Langdon (January 12, 1723 – November 29, 1797) was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator. After serving as pastor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he was appointed president of Harvard University in 1774. He held that post until 1780....
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| x John Leverett the Younger |
John Leverett (August 25, 1662 – May 3, 1724) son of Hudson Leverett, an attorney, and Sarah (Payton) Leverett, (and grandson of John Leverett the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony). He was an early American lawyer, politician, and educator....
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| x Samuel Locke |
Samuel Locke (November 23, 1731 – January 15, 1778) was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator. After serving as pastor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, he was appointed president of Harvard University. He held that post from 1770 to 1773 when he...
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| x Abbott Lawrence Lowell |
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Abbott Lawrence Lowell (January 1, 1856–January 6, 1943) was a U.S. educator, historian, and President of Harvard University (1909–33).
Abbott's siblings included poet Amy Lowell, astronomer Percival Lowell (Harvard 1876), and early activist for...
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| x Increase Mather |
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Increase Mather (June 21, 1639 – August 23, 1723) was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). He was a Puritan minister who was involved with the...
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| x Nathaniel Eaton |
Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674) was the first schoolmaster of Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later became a clergyman.
The sixth son of Rev. Richard Eaton (1565–1616) and Elizabeth Shepheard (1569–1636), Nathaniel was christened...
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| x Urian Oakes |
Urian Oakes (1631 – July 25, 1681) was an American (English-born) educator. He served as acting president of Harvard University between 1675 and 1680. He then served as president of Harvard University from 1680 to 1681.
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| x Eliphalet Pearson |
Eliphalet Pearson U.S. educator; 1st principal of Phillips Academy 1778-1786; acting president of Harvard University 1804-1806.
Pearson graduated from Harvard in 1773 after having attended Dummer Charity School (now known as The Governor's Academy)....
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| x Nathan M. Pusey |
Nathan Marsh Pusey (4 April 1907–14 November 2001) was a prominent American university educator.
Pusey was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa to John and Rosa Pusey. He was educated at Harvard University (B.A., 1928, M.A., 1932, Ph.D., 1937), where he...
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| x Josiah Quincy III |
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Josiah Quincy III (February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864 and pronounced /ˈkwɪnzi/) was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), Mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University...
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| x John Rogers |
John Rogers (January 11, 1630 – July 12, 1684) was an early American academic. He was born in Coggeshall, Essex, England and came to New England with his father Nathaniel Rogers in 1636. In 1660 he married Elizabeth Denison of Ipswich. He was...
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| x Neil Leon Rudenstine |
Neil Leon Rudenstine (born January 21, 1935) is an American educator, literary scholar, and administrator. He served as president of Harvard University from 1991 to 2001.
Rudenstine grew up in Danbury, Connecticut, where he attended the Wooster...
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| x Jared Sparks |
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Jared Sparks (May 10, 1789 - March 14, 1866) was an American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853.
Born in Willington, Connecticut, Sparks studied in the common schools, worked...
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| x Lawrence Summers |
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Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist and the Director of the White House's National Economic Council for President Barack Obama. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy...
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| x Benjamin Wadsworth |
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Benjamin Wadsworth (February 28, 1670 – March 16, 1737) was an early American clergyman and educator. He was trained at Harvard College (B.A., 1690; M.A., 1693) and served as president of that academic institution from 1725 until his death....
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| x James Walker |
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James Walker (August 16, 1794 – December 23, 1874) was the President of Harvard College from 1853 to 1860.
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| x Samuel Webber |
Samuel Webber (1759 - July 17, 1810) was an American clergyman, mathematician, and academic.
Webber was educated at Dummer Academy (now known as The Governor's Academy) and Harvard College (B.A., 1784; M.A., 1787) where he distinguished himself in...
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| x Joseph Willard |
Joseph Willard (December 29, 1738 – September 25, 1804) was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and academic. He was educated at the Dummer Academy (now known as The Governor's Academy) and Harvard College (B.A., 1765; M.A., 1768) and served as pastor...
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| x Samuel Willard |
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Reverend Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640-September 12, 1707) was a Colonial clergyman. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts; graduated at Harvard in 1659; and was minister at Groton from 1663 to 1676, whence he was driven by the Indians during...
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