Thomas Hancock
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Thomas Hancock [1]
a patron of Harvard College. He left most of his property to his nephew, governor Hancock, but yet bequeathed £ 1000 for the foundation of a professorship of the Hebrew and other Oriental languages at Harvard; £ 1000 to the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, and £ 600 to the town of Boston for the establishment of a hospital for the insane. He died at Boston August 1, 1764. — Ann. Register, 1764.
