Joseph Glover, typically referred to as Jose or Josse, (died late 1638) was an English nonconformist minister, noted for being a pioneer of printing in the English colonies of North America and one of the people instrumental in establishing Harvard College.
He managed to purchase a printing press and equipment from securing funds in both England and Holland and signed an agreement with blacksmiths Stephen and Matthew Daye and three workers on 7 June 1638 in Cambridge to ship the equipment to America aboard the John of London ship and later operate it.
[2] Glover died of fever while on the voyage back to America later in 1638,[2] but his wife and the Daye brothers were able to continue with his work in setting up a printing press in New England.
[3] The American Antiquary Society document that Glover had written his will on 16 May 1638, and it was approved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 22 December of that year.
[7] Jose and Elizabeth Glover's son, John, who also became a graduate of Harvard, was a doctor, and died in 1668.