Harvard

Har·vard

1607-38; Eng. clergyman, in America: 1st benefactor of Harvard College

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Proper noun

A surname.
Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.
A university in Cambridge, MA named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

Origin

Patronymic surname from a Middle English variant of Hereward.

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Jeans, sneakers and a Harvard tee shirt made up her attire.
We have someone from Harvard here who can't figure out the generator.
Excavations under the auspices of Harvard University began here in 1908.
He entered Harvard College in the autumn of 1811, but almost at the outset his career was interrupted by an accident which affected the subsequent course of his life.
He graduated at Harvard in 1863, continuing to study languages and philosophy with zeal; spent two years in the Harvard law school, and opened an office in Boston; but soon devoted the greater portion of his time to writing for periodicals.

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