Fact

Harvard was founded before calculus was invented

1636. Newton and Leibniz came decades later.

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Harvard College was established in 1636. Calculus was developed independently by Newton and Leibniz in the 1660s to 1680s. There was a period when a Harvard student could complete a full education in mathematics without the concept of a derivative existing.

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