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Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is a Cuban-American physicist known for her work in high-energy physics and theoretical physics. She earned her PhD at Harvard University, conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University, and became a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute at age 27. She is the founder of the theoretical framework known as Celestial Holography.Early Life and EducationBorn in the state of Illinois, Pasterski began her education at the Edison Regional Gifted Center and graduat

John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English clergyman and benefactor. He is known as the person after whom Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, is named. Upon his death, he bequeathed half of his estate and his entire library to the institution.Birth and Early LifeJohn Harvard was born on 26 November 1607 in London as the fourth of nine children of Robert and Katherine Harvard. He was baptized on 29 November 1607 at St. Savior's Parish Church (now Sout