Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/2/J. Havens Richards

J. Havens Richards

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 8, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 17:20, 10 October 2022 (UTC)



J. Havens Richards (November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born to a prominent Ohio family, he was secretly baptized as an infant by his father, an Episcopal priest who converted to Catholicism. Richards studied at Boston College and Woodstock College. In 1888, he became the president of Georgetown University and for the next decade, he instituted major reforms and expansions to transform the school into a modern, comprehensive university. He enlarged the graduate programs, medical school, and law school, established the university hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and oversaw the completion of Healy Hall and construction of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards also fought anti-Catholicism in the Ivy League, particularly at Harvard Law School, and managed tensions with the newly founded Catholic University of America, located in the same city. In his later years, he held senior positions at Jesuit institutions throughout the northeastern United States.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Benedict Joseph Fenwick
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 * Promoted: August 29, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Richards' 171st birthday. Previous nomination. Not sure if I created the nomination page correctly. I added a /2/ in between requests and the article name.
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  00:39, 17 September 2022 (UTC)