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- Despite popular opinion (and a certain statue) John Harvard did not found Harvard, but he was the first major benefactor and he donated half of his estate and his library of more than 400 books to the School.
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Before moving in 1906 to its current home on Longwood Avenue, there were many homes for Harvard Medical School. The medical school moved from Cambridge to Boston in 1810. The following year, Dr. Warren’s son, John Collins Warren, and James Jackson led efforts to start Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Harvard Medical School was founded on September 19, 1782, on the initiative of Harvard President Joseph Willard. The founding faculty were John Warren, Aaron Dexter, and Benjamin Waterhouse. It is the third-oldest medical school in the United States, after the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University ...
John Warren, a skilled teacher and surgeon, was instrumental in moving the Medical School to Boston, which was a more convenient location for the faculty to see their private patients as well as those in the dispensaries and military and naval hospitals that were being established in the city.
5 days ago · The school had been founded in 1636, and Harvard’s gift assured its continued operation. In 1639 the Massachusetts General Court decreed that the school be named Harvard College in gratitude to its first large benefactor.
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May 12, 2016 · Daniel D. Federman, AB ’49, MD ’53, Carol W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, discusses the founding of Harvard Medical School.
Harvard died of tuberculosis in 1638, leaving a large sum of money and his 400-volume scholar's library to the Colony's new school, which the Colony then voted to name in his honor.
About Harvard Medical School. Since the School was established in 1782, faculty members have improved human health by innovating in their roles as physicians, mentors and scholars.
