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John Early (educator)

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 1, 2021 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:37, 11 June 2021 (UTC)



John Early (July 1, 1814 – May 23, 1873) was a Catholic priest and Jesuit who held several prominent positions in American academia. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States in 1833 and was educated in Maryland and Washington, D.C. After ministering for several years, he was appointed the president of the College of the Holy Cross in 1848. In 1852, he founded St. Ignatius Church and Loyola College in Baltimore to educate the former lay students of St. Mary's Seminary and College. Early left in 1858 to become the president of Georgetown University, which, despite being commandeered several times by the Union Army, operated through the Civil War. In 1866, Early returned to Loyola College as president, where he restarted the conferral of degrees following the war. He finally returned to Georgetown in 1870 as president and oversaw the first years of the Law Department. He died in 1873.
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 * Promoted: December 7, 2020
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of birth
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  01:09, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support an engaging, albeit brief, article with a good reason to appear on the main page. —  CR 4 ZE (T &bull; C)  12:15, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Modussiccandi (talk) 14:36, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support – ♠Vami _IV†♠  10:55, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment, "He suffered a stroke and died" is very abrupt. Maybe, "He passed away from a stroke in 1873."? Panini! 🥪 11:32, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Stroke isn't important at all for the blurb. I've just said he died.  Ergo Sum  14:01, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Depressing, but true.
 * Support. Panini! 🥪 15:06, 26 May 2021 (UTC)