The images on this stamp, the famous statue in Harvard Yard, and the stained glass window at Emmanuel College (Cambridge University) are all FAKE! No one really knows what John Harvard looked like... The John Harvard Fellowship group can be found here . Click here for The John Harvard Fellowship page on Facebook.
John Harvard Chapel (courtesy of Southwark Cathedral)
Many members of John's family, including his father and four brothers and sisters, died in 1625 of the plague. Before moving to London, the Harvard family's roots were in Stratford-on-Avon (where his mother retained a house, known today as the "Harvard House" on High Street ). There has been speculation that his father's family may have known William Shakespeare (both from their mutual ties in Stratford-on-Avon and at St. Savior's in London ), but a connection between them - though entirely possible - has n