It was named after the Collegeâs first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown, who upon his death in 1638 left his library and half his estate to the institution. A statue of John Harvard stands today in front of University Hall in Harvard Yard, and is perhaps the Universityâs best known landmark.
This article is about the college in California. For the college in Iowa refer to Simpson College. Simpson University is a private, liberal arts college located on a 92-acre (37 ha) campus in Redding, California.
Simpsonville, South Carolina. Simpsonville is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the GreenvilleâMauldinâEasley Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,238 at the 2010 census, up from 14,352 at the 2000 census. The population had risen to an estimated 20,736 as of 2015.