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297:"John Rogers | Harvard University"
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770:Presidents of Harvard University
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16:5th president of Harvard College
181:minister and academic in early
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775:Harvard College alumni
219:Ipswich, Massachusetts
510:Winthrop* (1773-1774)
307:on September 6, 2015.
632:Peabody* (1868–1869)
273:Samuel Eliot Morison
267:minister and author
251:President of Harvard
193:Rogers was born in
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333:Urian Oakes
255:Urian Oakes
203:New England
172:John Rogers
74:Urian Oakes
69:Preceded by
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754:Categories
678:Rudenstine
532:J. Willard
463:S. Willard
283:References
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119:Coggeshall
112:1630-01-11
479:Wadsworth
235:physician
154:Signature
140:Cambridge
125:, England
63:1682–1684
59:In office
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601:Walker
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455:Mather
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