Records of the Harvard Divinity School : Miscellaneous correspondence ca. 1925-ca. 1960 (inclusive)
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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...
Sperry, Willard Learoyd, 1882-1954
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Congregational minister, dean of Harvard Divinity School. B.A. Olivet College, 1903; B.A. Oxford, 1907; M.A. Yale, 1909. Ordained a Congregational minister, 1908, serving churches in Fall River and Boston, Mass. (1908-1922). Dean, Harvard Divinity School (1922-1953), Plummer Professor of Christian Morals (1928-1953). See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement Five. From the description of Papers, 1902-1955 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). Wo...
Harvard Divinity School.
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The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of graduate studies was organized for candidates for the ministry. In 1819 it became a separate administrative unit in Harvard University. From the description of General information by and about the Harvard Divinity School, 1811- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511094 Theology has been taught at Harvard since its opening in 1638. The Harvard Divinity School was started in 1811 when a program of grad...
Ropes, James Hardy, 1866-1933
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James Hardy Ropes ( 1866-1933 ) was born in Salem, Massachusetts . He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1893 . In 1901, he was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church . He served as an instructor, and then assistant professor, at Harvard Divinity School from 1895 to 1903 ; he was then named Bussey Professor in 1903, a position he held until his appointment as the Hollis Professor of Divinity in 1910 . He was named editor of the Harvard Theologica...
