print email comment close History of Boston Latin School URL: http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113646&rc=0 Description: The history of "the oldest public school in America with a continuous existence. It was founded April 23, 1635 by the Town of Boston ... antedating Harvard College by more than a year." Features an essay tracing the establishment of the school to Reverend John Cotton, a history of the school building, and a hall of fame, with member such as Samuel Adams, Henry Ward Beecher, and Leonard Bernstein. Publisher: Boston Latin School LII Database Information: Record 25340 created by Maria Brandt on 01/28/2008 Last modification on 06/28/2009 Published: 06/28/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25340