Carmen funebre in obitum viri plurimis nominibus venerandi Uriani Oakesii Doctissimi Gymnasiarchae, necnon Ecclesiae Cantabrigiensium Pastoris fidelissimi, qui postquam in utroq[ue] munere sedulam navasset operam, placide tandem quievit in Jesu. Julii 25. 1681. : poem.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Congregational church (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Oakes, Urian, 1631-1681

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Colonial poet, clergyman and president of Harvard College, 1675-1681. From the description of Letter, 1678 July 13, Cambridge [Mass.] to Increase Mather, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 20690243 Urian Oakes (1631-1681) was a colonial poet, clergyman, and college president. He was a 1649 Harvard grauate who worked in England for several years before returning to Massachusetts to become pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge. Oakes was involved in a contro...

Adams, William, Rev., 1650-1685.

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