Universities and Their Sons, Vol. 2: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Alumni and Recipients of Honorary Degrees

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Born in London, Eng, 1607; educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating in 1635; became a Dissenting minister; emigrated to New England 1637, and was made a freeman November 2 of that year; settled in Charlestown, Mass., where he engaged in pastoral work for the rest of his life; was a member of a committee appointed to consider the adoption of a code of laws; bequeathed half his property, about �750, toward erecting the College which perpetuates his memory, and gave it his library of three hundred and twenty volumes; died in Charlestown, 1638.

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Release: July 26, 2015

ISBN 13: 9781331126591

Universities and Their Sons, Vol. 2: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Alumni and Recipients of Honorary Degrees

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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