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Which foundational academic subject had not yet been formally invented when Harvard University was founded in 1636?

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Which foundational academic subject had not yet been formally invented when Harvard University was founded in 1636?

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Which foundational academic subject had not yet been formally invented when Harvard University was founded in 1636?
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