John Leverett, President of Harvard College

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John Leverett (August 25, 1662 – May 3, 1724) was an early Anglo-American lawyer, politician, educator, and President of Harvard College.

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Cambridge marriages: LEVERET, John and Margaret Berry, in Boston, Nov. 25, 1697.*

Cambridge deaths: LEVERETT, John, May 3, 1724, a. 62 y. GR1 ________________________________

From The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, by F.L. Weis: PRESIDENT JOHN LEVERETT, S.T.B, F.R.S, b. Boston, Aug. 25, 1662, son of Hudson and Sarah (Payton) Leverett; H.C., 1680, A.B., A.M., S.T.B., 1692.; F.R.S., 1713; Tutor and Fellow, H.C.; preached 1680-1684; Judge of the Superior Court; Judge of Probate; Member of the Corp., H.C., 1692; Rep. in Legislature; Speaker, 1700; Member of the Governor's Council; President of Harvard College, 1707-1724, d. Boston, May 2, 1724, a. 61. ________________________________

From Epitaphs from the Old burying-ground in Cambridge by William Thaddeus Harris: John Leverett was the grandson of Governor Leverett; he graduated at Harvard College in 1680, and was a tutor in this institution ; he was a representative, Speaker of the House, a member of his Majesty's Council, a justice of the Superior Court, and a judge of probate ; he was chosen president of Harvard College, and inducted into office Jan. 14,1708, in which station he remained till his sudden death, May 3, 1724. President Leverett has been represented as a man of vast learning, and true piety. " His talents were eminently practical. He knew better than most men what course to shape in difficult times, and how political and religious factions were to be managed or controlled. In all his official relations, his industry, vigor, and fidelity were conspicuous and exemplary." Rev. N. Appleton, in a funeral discourse occasioned by the death of President Leverett, says, " He was a pillar both of the church and state, an honor and ornament to society, and the glory of New England."

"John Leverett (1662-1724) was the first lawyer and jurist to become Harvard College president. He received an AB from Harvard in 1680 and an AM in 1683. Leverett served as a College Fellow from 1685 to 1700, and was Harvard's President from January 14, 1707/08 to May 3, 1724. He is recognized for his efforts in transforming Harvard College from a divinity school into a secular institution."

See: Forty-six-page notebook in modern hardcover binding containing John Leverett's edited version of Henry More's Enchiridion ethicum transcribed in Latin in 1694