One of the most prestigious American universities, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Named after its first benefactor John Harvard.
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Harvard University
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Queen's Head Inn, Southwark
The "Queen's Head Inn", owned by the family of John Harvard, founder of Harva...
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Eaton Hodgkinson
Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Cheshire. Studied the strength of columns of various materials and pioneered the application of mathematics to structural design. Late in life his mental abil...
1 memorial
Bedford Charity
Created by a gift of land by Sir William Harpur to the corporation of Bedford. A merchant from Bedford he had come to London and done so well that he was Lord Mayor in 1561. The following year he p...
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Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action
Established in the East End as the Bedford Institute Association to act on Education, Religious Effort, Moral Training, and Relief of the sick and destitute. Named for the Quaker silk merchant and ...
1 memorial
Jesus College Cambridge
Founded on the site of a Benedictine nunnery, by John Alcock, Bishop of Ely. Its full name is, 'The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radeg...
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