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.