SHEPARD, THOMAS
\ʃˈɛpəd], \ʃˈɛpəd], \ʃ_ˈɛ_p_ə_d]\
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(1605-1649), was charged with non-conformity in England and came to America in 1635. He was pastor of the church at Cambridge, Mass., from 1635 to 1649. He was influential in the establishment of Harvard College at that place. He was one of the most influential men in New England and a writer on theological subjects.
By John Franklin Jameson
