Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research
university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States,
established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the
oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first
corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College)
chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have
made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Although
never formally affiliated with a church, the college primarily trained
Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Harvard's curriculum and
students became secular throughout the 18th century and by the 19th
century had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston
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