Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/James A. Ryder/archive1

TFA blurb review
Ergo Sum, if you want to write a blurb for this, feel free. If not, I'll do it. - Dank (push to talk) 15:51, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping. I'll take a swing at it. I, of course, welcome your input.  Ergo Sum  16:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * thoughts? Also, I've listed this at TFAR.  Ergo Sum  22:45, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm thoughtless. - Dank (push to talk) 23:18, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

James A. Ryder (1800–1860) was an American Catholic priest who led several Jesuit institutions. He studied at Georgetown College, before entering the Society of Jesus in 1815. Ryder was then sent to Italy, where he studied and taught theology. He continued as a professor upon his return to the United States in 1829, and became the president of Georgetown in 1840. He established the university's observatory and liquidated its debt, while gaining a reputation as a talented preacher. For two years of his term, he was also the provincial superior of the Jesuits' Maryland Province. In 1845, Ryder became the second president of the College of the Holy Cross. He then returned to Georgetown as president in 1848, where he oversaw construction of a new Holy Trinity Church and accepted a group of physicians to form a School of Medicine. Ryder then assisted in founding Saint Joseph's College in Philadelphia, and became its president in 1856. From 1857 until his death, he preached and did pastoral work.