Dunster, Henry, c.1612–1659, first president of Harvard, b.
Lancashire, England, educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge
(M.A., 1634). He emigrated to New England in 1640 and was almost
at once (Aug. 27, 1640) appointed president of the new college.
He formulated its rules and patterned its procedure after the
English schools, worked actively for its support, and gave
freely of his meager salary for its success. Because of his
adoption of Baptist principles he was forced to resign in 1654,
and he spent the remainder of his life as a pastor in Scituate,
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