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==History==
==History==
===Colonial===
===Colonial===
With some 17,000 [[Puritans]] migrating to New England by 1620, Harvard was founded by ministers who realized the need for training clergy for the new commonwealth, a "church in the wilderness." it was named for John Harvard, its first benefactor. It received its corporate charter in 1650 and became a university in 1780.
With some 17,000 [[Puritans]] migrating to New England by 1620, Harvard was founded by ministers who realized the need for training clergy for the new commonwealth, a "church in the wilderness." it was named for [[John Harvard]], its first benefactor. It received its corporate charter in 1650 and became a university in 1780.
In the words of Harvard's founders:
In the words of Harvard's founders: