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History of Harvard medical school

The school is medical school third oldest in the United States (after Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) and was founded by John Warren on September 19 1782, with Benjamin Waterhouse, and Aaron Dexter. The first classes were held in the basement of Harvard Hall and then in Holden Chapel. The first class, composed of two students, graduated in 1788.

He moved from Cambridge to 49 Marlborough Street in Boston in 1810. From 1816-1846, the school, known as Massachusetts Medical College of Harvard University, is located on Mason Street. In 1847 the school moved north of Grove Street, and then to Copley Square in 1883. The medical school moved to its current location on Long wood Avenue in 1906, where he established the "Great White Quadrangle" or HMS Quad with its five white marble buildings. The architect of the school was the Boston firm Shepley, Ru tan and Coolidge.

The three major flagship teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School are Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.