The Robert Stow Bradley Jr. Memorial is a fountain and memorial on the Harvard University campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
| Robert Stow Bradley Jr. Memorial | |
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_-_026.jpg) The memorial in 2019 | |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 42°22′33″N 71°07′01″W / 42.375704°N 71.117056°W | |
Description and history
editThe brick-and-stone drinking fountain was designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. and erected in 1910 in memory of R. S. Bradley Jr., who graduated from Harvard College in 1907 and died later that year.[1][2][3] The inscription reads:
In memory of Robert Stow Bradley Junior AB 1907 b. 1883 d. 1907 A manly winning youth helpful comrade and devoted son. Earnest in purpose and faithful in duty--immortal love abides. Given by Robert Stow Bradley AB 1876.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Memorial to R. S. Bradley, Jr., '07 | News | The Harvard Crimson".
- ^ Thayer, William Roscoe (1910). "The Harvard Graduates' Magazine".
- ^ "Obituary | News | The Harvard Crimson".
- ^ http://harvardplanning.emuseum.com/objects/101498/detail-view-of-robert-stow-bradley-jr-fountain-alcove;jsessionid=CD4C0FF353B7BBFCE3A1E4BA6D44DB42?ctx=5752ab7e-180b-4d4c-9e3b-5ac010dc7f62&idx=1228
External links
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