Universities and Their Sons, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Universities and Their Sons, Vol. 2: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities, With Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Alumni and Recipients of Honorary DegreesBorn in London, Eng, 1607, educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating in 1635, became a Dissenting minister, emigrated to New England 1637, and was made a freeman November 2 of that year, settled in Charlestown, Mass., where he engaged in pastoral work for the rest of his life, was a member of a committee appointed to consider the adoption of a code of laws, bequeathed half his property, about £750, toward erecting the College which perpetuates his memory, and gave it his library of three hundred and twenty volumes, died in Charlestown, 1638.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.