Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the U.S. The New College, as it was originally called, had no calculus classes because it didnt exist yet. The invention of calculus would come in the late 17th century with Gottfried Leibnizs 1684 publication of Nova Methodus, and in part with Isaac Newtons Principia in 1687, followed by additional explanations and reformulations by subsequent mathematicians. Also, European physicist, mathematician and astronomer Galileo was still alive during Harvards early years -- he died in 1642.
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