Harvard University
founded 1636
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature and is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. The university is named after John Harvard who left the college his books and half of his estate.
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