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An "idealized" representation of John Harvard, there being nothing to indicate what he had actually looked like.
The inscription below reads
- John Harvard · Founder · 1636
Tour guides tell visitors that statue is also known as "Statue of Three Lies", the three lies being purported to be:
- Lie # 1 : This is not John Harvard's face; no picture or statue of John Harvard survived.
- Lie # 2 : John Harvard was not founder of Harvard University; it was founded two years prior to being renamed Harvard in 1638.
- Lie # 3 : The inscription says that Harvard was founded in 1638; in fact, it was founded two years earlier.