Harvard University, established in 1636, is the oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning in the U.S., located in Boston, Massachusetts. The city is home to several top universities, with Harvard ranked first, followed by MIT and Boston University. Contributions from key figures like John Harvard and Harry Elkins Widener have significantly shaped the university's legacy and establishment.

2. HARWAR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

3. Top Universities in Boston
1. Harvard University is in Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
2. Boston is the capital and largest city of the US state of
Massachusetts, and one of the oldest cities in the
country.
3. Founded in 1630, Boston was a key site in the American
Revolution.
4. There are many top Universities in Boston including
the Harvard University, the best global University.
5. The ranking of top 10 universities in Boston are
mentioned below.

4. Ranking of The Top Universities in Boston
Boston Rank USA Rank University
1 1 Harvard University
2 3
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
3 20 Boston University
4 36= Tufts University
5 49 Northeastern University
6 55= Boston College
7 62= Brandeis University
8 90=
University of Massachusetts,
Boston
9 151-160 Suffolk University
10 161-170 Simmons University

5. HARWARD UNIVERSITY
1. Harvard University is the best school in the US according to the USA rankings
2021.
2. Founded in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest institute of higher learning
in the US and among the most prestigious in the world.
3. It is currently home to 23,731 students.
4. Many people had contributed for the establishment of Harvard University
initially.
5. Let us recollect the contribution of two people.
1. John Harvard
2. Harry Elkins Widener

6. John Harvard
Born 29 November 1607
England
Died 14 September 1638
(aged 30)
Charlestown, Massach
usetts Bay Colony
Cause of death Tuberculosis
Alma mater Emmanuel College,
Cambridge
Occupation Pastor
Known for A founder of Harvard
College
Spouse(s) Ann Sadler
Children None

7. ABOUT JOHN HARVARD
1. John Harvard died due to Tuberculosis.
2. Two years before Harvard’s death, he donated half of
his wealth, ( 780 pounds equal to 1,24,000 pounds
today) to establish University.
3. Therefore, University was founded and named after
him as Harvard University.
4. Harvard also donated his 400 volumes of books to the
library.
5. A library in London was named as John Harvard Library.
6. A bridge which connects Boston to Cambridge was also
named as Harvard Bridge.

8. 2. Harry Elkins Widener
Born January 3, 1885
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Died April 15,
1912 (aged 27)
Atlantic Ocean
Nationality American
Alma mater Harvard University
(A.B., 1907)
Occupation Businessman, book
collector
Known for Namesake of Harry
Elkins Widener
Memorial Library

9. Harry Elkins Widener
1. Harry Elkins Widener, a 27-year-old Philadelphia
businessman and book collector had graduated from
Harvard College in 1907.
2. He had travelled as First-class Titanic passenger
perished in the boat’s sinking along with his father,
George D Widener.
3. Of the 2,224 passengers aboard, 1,514 perished.
4. His mother, Eleanor Elkins Widener, survived, floating
to safety aboard lifeboat.
5. Harry Widener's will instructed that his mother shall
make arrangements for properly caring for my collec-
tion of books ... shall give them to Harvard University to

10. Harry continued…..
6.Harry Widener had told a friend, not long before he died, "I
want to be remembered in connection with a great library,
[but] I do not see how it is going to be brought about.
7. " Not long after the Titanic went down, “The Harry Elkins
Widener Memorial Library” went up at Harvard, thanks to a
$3.5 million donation from his grieving mother.
8. It is probable the cost exceeded $3.5 million [equivalent to
$70 million in 2020]
9. The library officially opened on June 24, 1915,
Commencement Day, barely three years after the Titanic
sank.

11. LIBRARIES IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
1.There are 79 libraries, the main and largest one is known
as the Widener Memorial Library.
2. It houses about 3.5 million works in over 100 languages,
and 92 kilometers of shelves across ten levels.

12. A history of high
achievers
1.Harvard University holds a record number of
honors and awards with 161 Nobel Laureates, 23
heads of state, and 132 Pulitzer Prize winners.
and 110 Olympic medals (46 gold),
2.Harvard has been producing quality graduates
right from the second president of the USA back in
1797 – John Adams.
3. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century,
Harvard had educated seven US presidents.
4. Harvard holds real estate totaling 5,457 acres of
land, the size of over 4000 football fields!

13. ALUMNI

14. ALUMNI

15. HARWARD HALL

16. “Harry Elkins Widener
Memorial Library” Dept. of Philosophy

17. HARWARD UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CENTER
1. It is Harvard’s main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics.
2. It comprises 9 stories plus a basement and observatory floor.
3. Rooftop astronomical observatory with large optical telescope.

18. WATER LENS

19. ART ON DISPLAY CLASS ROOMS

20. A 4 feet Gregorian reflecting telescope

22. Mill gearing Model

23. HARVARD CYCLOTRON
LABORATORY(controlpanel) NOTABLE
FOR PROTON THERAPY