- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. - John Winthrop
John Winthrop was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician, physicist and astronomer, born in Boston, Mass. His great-great-grandfather, also named John Winthrop, was founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He graduated in 1732 at Harvard, where, from 1738 until his death he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. - Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was instrumental in garnering the support of the colonies for rebellion against Great Britain, eventually resulting in the American Revolution, and was also one of the key architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped American political culture. - Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically influential Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Cotton Mather was the son of influential minister Increase Mather. He is often remembered for his connection to the Salem witch trials. - Increase Mather
The Reverend Increase Mather was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the Federal state of Massachusetts). He was a Puritan minister who was involved with the government of the colony, the administration of Harvard College, and most notoriously, the Salem witch trials. He was the father of the equally influential Cotton Mather. - William Ellery
William Ellery (December 22, 1727-February 15, 1820), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. He was the son of William Ellery, born in Newport, and graduated from Harvard College at the age of 15. He worked successively as a merchant, a customs collector, and Clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly. He started the practice of law in 1770. He was active in the Rhode Island Sons of Liberty, … - Samuel Eliot
Samuel Eliot (December 22 1821-September 14 1898) was a historian, educator, and public-minded citizen of Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. Eliot was born in Boston, the son of William Havard Eliot (1796 - 1831) and Margaret Boies (Bradford) Eliot. His father built the Tremont House, participated in the musical life of the city, had variants of his names including Hayward, Harvard, Havard, Howard, and Elliott, … - Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik , who chairs the Advisory Committee of the Center for Global Development, is Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. ... Professor Rodrik is the research coordinator for the Group of 24 (G-24), a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London). - Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He rose to popular prominence with the book Stumbling on Happiness , which uses social psychology to explore the ways in which humans endeavor to envision the future, and how well we can predict if we will enjoy it. His work with Tim Wilson on affective forecasting looks at the ways in which people make predictions about the emotional impact of future events. - Henry Dunster
Henry Dunster was an English-American Puritan clergyman and educator. Born at Baleholt, Bury, Lancashire, England to Henry Dunster Sr (1582–1626) and Isabelle Kaye (1583–1643), Dunster studied and graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England specializing in oriental languages and temporarily became a teacher there until he emigrated to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1640. - Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley (October 12, 1576-July 31, 1653) was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was born in Northampton, England, the son of Capt. Roger Dudley and Susanna Thorne. It is postulated that his family was a scion of the noble Dudley family, originally of Sutton, but the exact connection is still a subject of some contention. His mother, however, was descended from Henry II of England. - Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson "is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute . He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time Magazine. He is the author of Benjamin Franklin : An American Life (2003) and of Kissinger: A Biography (1992) and is the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986). His biography of Albert Einstein - Einstein: His Life and Universe - was released in April 2007. "Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952, in New Orleans. - John Russell
John Russell (1626 - December 10, 1692) was a Puritan minister in Hadley, Massachusetts during King Philip's War. As such, he is part of the Angel of Hadley legend. John Russell graduated from Harvard in 1645. In 1650 he succeeded Henry Smith as the minister at Wethersfield, Connecticut. Seven years later controversy erupted over church membership, discipline, and baptism, … - John Rogers
John Rogers (January 11, 1630 - July 12, 1684) was an early American academic. He was educated at Harvard College graduating with a B.A. in 1649, and a M.A., 1652). A resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Rogers practiced medicine and assisted his brother-in-law William Hubbard in the ministry, despite neither having been ordained as a minister or trained as a physician. - Theophilus Parsons
Theophilus Parsons (b. February 24 1750, Byfield, Massachusetts - d. October 30 1813 Boston, Massachusetts) was an American jurist. The son of a clergyman, he graduated from Harvard College in 1769, was a schoolmaster in Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) from 1770-1773; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1774. In 1800, he moved to Boston. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1806 until his death in Boston. - Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731-May 11, 1814) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He was born in Boston and attended the Boston Latin School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1749, then taught school and studied theology. He became a merchant and traveled to the southern colonies, Spain, the Azores and England. He returned home and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1757 or 1759, … - Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (Originally spelled: Jonathan Trumble, was changed for an unknown reason) was one of the few men who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Trumble (1678–1755) and his wife née Hannah Higley. He graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in 1727; three years after graduation (during which time he studied theology under the Rev. - Henry Ware
Henry Ware (April 1, 1764 - July 12, 1845) was a preacher and theologian influential in the formation of Unitarianism in the United States. Born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, Ware was educated at Harvard College, earning his A.B. in 1785. He was from 1787 to 1805 the minister of the First Parish in Hingham, Massachusetts. In 1805 he was elected Hollis Professor at Harvard, precipitating a controversy between Unitarians and more conservative Calvinists. - Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27 1959 in Yamhill, Oregon) is an American political scientist, author, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist specializing in East Asia. He is currently a columnist for "The New York Times" and previously served as the as The New York Times' Bureau Chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He has written a number of books on Asia, … - John Fiske
John Fiske (1842 - 1901), born Edmund Fisk Green, was an American philosopher and historian. He was born at Hartford, Conn., March 30, 1842. On the second marriage of his mother (1855) he assumed the name of his maternal great-grandfather, John Fiske. As a child, he exhibited remarkable precocity. He graduated from Harvard College in 1863 and at the Harvard Law School in 1865. He practiced as a lawyer for a brief interval, … - David Cobb
David Cobb was a U.S. Congressman for the Third District of Massachusetts. Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on September 14 1748, Cobb graduated from Harvard College in 1766. He studied medicine in Boston and afterward practiced in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775; lieutenant colonel of Jackson’s regiment in 1777 and 1778, … - George Ripley
George Ripley (October 3, 1802-July 4,1880) was an American social reformer, Unitarian, and Transcendentalist. He is best remembered as the founder of the short-lived utopian community Brook Farm. Ripley graduated from Harvard in 1823. In 1827 he married Sophia Dana. Graduating in 1826 from Harvard Divinity School, he became a Unitarian minister at Boston's Purchase Street Church, and was active throughout the 1830s in Unitarian theological thought. - Henry Lee Higginson
Henry Lee Higginson (November 18, 1834 - November 14, 1919) was a noted American businessman and philanthropist, and founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Higginson was born in New York City, the second child of George and Mary (Cabot Lee) Higginson, and a cousin of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. When he was four years old, his family moved to Boston. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1851, and began studies at Harvard College. - Charles Nesson
Charles Nesson is William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. A member of the Law School's faculty since 1966, Charles founded and directs the Berkman Center for Internet & Society , which explores the frontiers of intellectual property law in the digital age. His blog is eon . - James Walker
James Walker (August 16, 1794 - December 23, 1874) was the President of Harvard College from 1853 to 1860. - David Ignatius
PostGlobal co-moderator David Ignatius is a Washington Post columnist with a wide-ranging career in journalism, having served at various times as a reporter, foreign correspondent and editor. He has also written widely for magazines and published six novels. Ignatius's twice-weekly column on global politics, economics and international affairs debuted on The Washington Post op-ed page in January 1999, and has been syndicated worldwide by The Washington Post Writers Group. - William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. - John Leverett
John Leverett (1616 - March 16, 1679) was a colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Leverett was born, perhaps, in Boston, Lincolnshire where he is thought to have been educated at Boston Grammar School before emigrating to Boston, Massachusetts with his father in 1633, where he was educated at the Boston Latin School. Though he was enjoying considerable commercial success in the colonies, … - Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen , president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and professor of law at New York Law School, will speak about cyber censorship on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. She was named one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by National Law Review two times and among the top "100 Executives Leading the Digital Revolution" by Upside Magazine, in addition to many other distinctions. - Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow (February 20 1746 or 1747 - May 13 1815) was a loyalist officer and New Brunswick judge and official. Edward Winslow was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1746 or 1747, a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow. He studied at Harvard College, graduating in 1765 with an MA. After graduation, as the political tension escalated between Great Britain and its North American colonies over issues such as trade, taxation, and governance, … - Joseph Dudley
Joseph Dudley (September 23 1647 - April 2 1720), colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1702 to 1715, the son of Thomas Dudley, was born and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1665, became a member of the general court, and in 1682 was sent by Massachusetts to London to prevent the threatened revocation of her charter by Charles II. There, with an eye to his personal advancement, … - William Gordon
William Gordon (April 12, 1763 - May 8, 1802) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. Born near Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1779, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1787 and commenced practice in Amherst, New Hampshire. He was appointed register of probate in 1793 and was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1794 and 1795. He was solicitor of Hillsborough County from 1794 to 1801, … - Jonathan Mayhew
Jonathan Mayhew (October 8, 1720 - July 9, 1766) was a noted American clergyman and minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. He is credited with coining the phrase "no taxation without representation", and with very early advocacy of what became Unitarianism. Mayhew was born at Martha's Vineyard, being fifth in descent from Thomas Mayhew (1592-1682), an early settler and the grantee (1641) of Martha's Vineyard. - Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis (born March 27, 1927, New York City) is a prominent liberal intellectual, writing for "The New York Times" op-ed page and "The New York Review of Books", among other publications. He was previously a columnist for the "Times" (1969-2001). Before that he was London bureau chief (1965-1972), Washington, D.C. bureau (1955-64), and deskman (1948-1952) all for the "Times". - Fisher Ames
Fisher Ames (April 19, 1758-July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. - Kerry Healey
Kerry Healey Kerry Healey served as Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2003-2007. - Wendy Seltzer
She has taught Internet Law, Copyright, and Information Privacy at Brooklyn Law School and was a Visiting Fellow with the Oxford Internet Institute , teaching a joint course with the Said Business School , Media Strategies for a Networked World . Previously, she was a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , specializing in intellectual property and First Amendment issues, and a litigator with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in New York. - Samuel Danforth
Samuel Danforth was a Puritan minister, preacher, poet, and astronomer, and an associate of the Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury, Massachusetts, known as the “Apostle to the Indians.” He was born October 17, 1626, in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the sixth of seven children of Nicholas Danforth (1589–1639) and Elizabeth Symmes Danforth (c.1596–1629). Six surviving children— Elizabeth (1619-1673), Anna (1622-1704), Thomas (1623-1699), Lydia (1625-1686), Samuel, … - Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and as a United States Senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and was a longtime summer resident of Vinalhaven, Maine. As an adult he spent winters on his family estate in Dover, Massachusetts, where he liked to farm. His father was Richard Middlecott Saltonstall, a lawyer; his mother, Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, … - Justin Winsor
Justin Winsor (January 2, 1831-October 22, 1897) was a prominent American writer, librarian, and historian. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Boston Latin School. He entered Harvard, but left early to study in Paris and Heidelberg. He did finally receive his degree in 1853. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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