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Harvard, John

Harvard, John

(1607–38) benefactor; born in London, England. He became a teaching elder in the church at Charlestown, Mass. He left half his estate—including his 400-volume library—to the college which was named after him in 1639.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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The conference has been organized by eminent medical professionals (expat Pakistanis) from Harvard, John's Hopkins USA as well as a Tribunal Member of General Medical Council, UK who have come together and have jointly sponsored this General Medical Update for the benefit of the Health Sector in Pakistan.
The book recapitulates many of the themes and motifs reminiscent of Sandel's oeuvre since the publication of his landmark critique of his colleague at Harvard, John Rawls, in Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982/1998).
After the session, the visitors were given a guided tour of the hospital and briefed on the various new technologies/research being undertaken by experts at Indus Hospital , in liaison with Harvard, John Hopkins etc.
Paul Calcott (foreground) with (from left) Scott Webber, Coventry city councillors George Duggins and Lindsley Harvard, John Wilson, Andrew Draba, Steve Maddax, Danny Smith, Jim McClean and Nathan Grant, who are all concerned about the loss of the pitches.
Hon John Harvard, John Bumsted, Doug Whiteway, Barb Huck, Kevin Longfield, Francis Russell
Bitterly disappointed at Saturday's 3-1 home defeat by Bridlington, boss Jones has doubts about keeper Ian Harvard, John Boardman and Luke Campbell on top of losing Chris Jones to work commitments.
After retiring from Harvard, John assisted Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the University of Missouri-St Louis in developing Irish studies programs by presenting them with source materials and books from his personal collections and library.
En route to Harvard, John persuaded his older brother, acting as guide, to stop at the studio of John Singleton Copley, the leading painter in America at the time.
Among its members are UCLA, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Cleveland Clinic and many others nationwide.
In this reprint from 1970 aimed at sociologists, psychologists, and social scientists, the late Levine, who was a professor of health behavior at Harvard School of Public Health, and Scotch, who has taught health behavior at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Boston U., present 11 essays on stress that occurs due to relationships with other people and the larger social environment, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues of its sources and consequences.
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