Talk:John Harvard (clergyman)

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might delete that last paragraph WB2 9 July 2005 06:45 (UTC)

[edit] What is this sentence about?

I can't figure out exactly what the following is trying to say about Eaton or why it is written as though whatever it is were "needless to say":

"Childless, Harvard bequeathed £800 (half of his estate) and his library of around 400 volumes to the New College at nearby Cambridge, which had been founded on September 8, 1636, and to his friend, the first schoolmaster of this college, Nathaniel Eaton who, needless to say, was very much hated afterwards by the jealous townsfolk who saw to his deposition and even attempted to do the same to his successor, Henry Dunster, but were foiled by a much more aware ecclesiastical power of the Church at Cambridge."

BCorr|Брайен 12:51, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer stuff excised

I took this out because this just seems like a hoax and doesn't belong in this article:

Debate rages over whether or not the students actually had daily access to beer, or whether or not the word "beare" these people cite as "proof" of alcohol consumption actually refers to "berrie", the unfermented juice of grapes or apples: similar to what college students consume today in their free time. Vessels of the time, such as commemorative rummers, [[and banishment from the colony.

[edit] Father's Vocation

It says in the same paragraph that Harvard's dad was a Tavern owner and Butcher and Governor of a grammar school... Well, which was he?... Or is it possible he was all of the above?...--Agrofe 14:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC) YES ALL OF THE ABOVE Robert Harvard was all three; although the 'Queen's Head Inn' may not have been a 'tavern' as 'Inn' did not mean exclusively a drinking place. 'Butcher' would be best rendered as 'wholesale meat supplier' rather than shop-keeper. 'Governor' of a school in England then, and now, means 'trustee' and is not a paid position. He was also 'Warden' of the church (now the Cathedral) which was also unremunerated. (Tony S)