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Which position did John Early (educator) hold from 1858 to Dec 1865?
John Early ( educator ) John Early ( July 1 , 1814 – May 23 , 1873 ) was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit educator who was the president of the College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University , as well as the founder and first president of Loyola College in Maryland . Born in Ireland , he emigrated to the United States at the age of nineteen . Upon his arrival , he enrolled at Mount St . Marys Seminary in Maryland , and entered the Society of Jesus , completing his education at Georgetown University in Washington , D.C . Early became president of the College of the Holy Cross in 1848 , where he unsuccessfully petitioned the state legislature to charter the school . Four years later , he was charged with establishing Loyola College in Maryland , which was intended to educate the lay students who attended St . Marys Seminary and College , which the Sulpicians sought to keep as a seminary only . While also serving as the first pastor of St . Ignatius Church , he oversaw the early years of Loyola College . He also established its high school division , which later became Loyola Blakefield . In 1858 , Early left to become president of Georgetown University . During the Civil War , instruction continued uninterrupted , despite intermittent occupation by the Union Army and dwindling enrollment . Early then returned to Loyola College in 1866 as president for four years , where he resumed the annual conferral of degrees . In 1870 , he once again became president of Georgetown University . He died suddenly in his third year of office . Early life . John Early was born on July 1 , 1814 , in Maguiresbridge , County Fermanagh , Ireland . He studied the classics at home , before entering the Armagh Academy in 1832 , which he attended for nine months . He then applied for admission to the seminary at St Patricks College , Maynooth , but there were no vacancies , and he was not admitted . As a result of his failure to gain admission , Early emigrated to the United States in July 1833 . Education in the United States . Seeking to become a priest , Early enrolled at Mount St . Marys Seminary in Emmitsburg , Maryland , the following September to study rhetoric . In February 1834 , he advanced to Georgetown University in Washington , D.C. , where he remained until August 23 , 1834 , when he entered the Society of Jesus , and proceeded to the novitiate in Frederick , Maryland . Upon the completion of his novitiate in 1836 , Early returned to Georgetown for the next nine years to study philosophy and theology . While studying , he also taught and was head prefect during the academic year of 1843 to 1844 . On July 1 , 1845 , Early was ordained a priest at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown . He then taught philosophy at Georgetown for two years , and ministered as a missionary in Laurel , Maryland . He began ministering at Old St . Josephs Church in Philadelphia in 1847 . He professed his final vows on September 8 , 1853 . College of the Holy Cross . On August 29 , 1848 , Early was appointed president of the College of the Holy Cross , succeeding James A . Ryder . His most immediate concern was securing a charter for the college , which would allow it to confer degrees on the four students who were ready to graduate the following year . Up to that point , the college awarded degrees in the name of Georgetown University , as it had been denied a charter . In March 1849 , Early petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to charter the college , and appeared before the legislature alongside Orestes Brownson . In accordance with Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatricks insistence , the petition for a charter included a provision that the college would be exclusively for the benefit of one [ Roman Catholic ] denomination only , and , therefore , having no claims whatever upon the Commonwealth . This was met with opposition in the House of Representatives , which was motivated by a mix of both anti-Catholicism and concerns about the separation of church and state . This provision was eventually removed , but the legislature nonetheless voted to deny the charter . Earlys term came to an end in 1851 , and he was succeeded by Anthony F . Ciampi . Early then returned to Frederick , Maryland for a year . Founding Loyola College in Maryland . In 1852 , the Sulpician priests who ran St . Marys Seminary and College in Baltimore decided that they would discontinue the college portion , which educated lay students , and focus only on the seminary . They asked the Jesuits to continue educating the laity in the city , and in response , the Jesuits established Loyola College in Maryland on September 15 , 1852 , in two rented houses on Holliday Street in Baltimore . Early was appointed the schools first president . The Maryland General Assembly granted Loyola College a charter in April 1853 . At the same time as the colleges founding , St . Ignatius Church . Early became its first pastor , and oversaw of the church building in August 1855 , adjacent to the college . The church was consecrated on August 15 , 1856 . Early is also considered the founder of Loyola Blakefield , which was established as Loyola High School and operated as a component of Loyola College until its separation in 1921 . Two years after its founding , the college purchased a plot of land on the corner of North Calvert and Madison Streets . Construction of a college building was completed in February 1855 , and the college officially relocated to the new campus on February 22 . Being called to Georgetown University , Earlys tenure as president came to an end in the autumn of 1858 , and he was succeeded by William Francis Clarke . Georgetown University . Early was appointed to succeed Bernard A . Maguire as president of Georgetown University in 1858 . He took office during a time of great national tension , preceding the Civil War . Soon thereafter , he received notice from the College of William & Mary that its library had been destroyed by fire ; Early donated a case of 100 books to aid it in rebuilding . In 1860 , Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States , and the southern states seceded from the Union . At the start of the academic year of 1861 , many southern students left the college for their homes , followed by northern students doing the same . Though it looked doubtful that the college would be able to continue operating , Georgetown endured as an active school , carrying on with classes throughout the Civil War for the few remaining students . On May 4 , 1861 , Early was notified that the college would be commandeered by the 69th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard , which remained until May 24 . Shortly thereafter , he was again informed that the school would be occupied by the 79th New York Regiment , which remained from June 3 to July 4 . The college was occupied for a third time on August 29 , 1862 , as a hospital for the soldiers of Major General John Popes army wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run . Due to the many wounded , Holy Trinity Church was also commandeered . The campus remained a military hospital until February 2 , 1863 . Earlys term as president came to an end in 1865 , and he was succeeded by his predecessor , Maguire , on January 1 , 1866 . Early then went to Boston , where he engaged in missionary work until July of that year . Return to Loyola College . Early was once again appointed president of Loyola College in the summer of 1866 , to replace Ciampi . He also again became pastor of St . Ignatius Church . The college fared well during his leadership . While there had been a pause in the conferral of degrees during the Civil War , Early saw that students completed their course of study and received degrees . The Loyola Dramatic Association , which was founded in 1865 , was especially active during his term . After four years , his presidency came to an end in July 1870 , when he again returned to Georgetown . He was succeeded by Edward Henchy as president of Loyola , and as pastor of St . Ignatius . Later years at Georgetown . Early returned to Georgetown as president on July 14 , 1870 , to replace Maguire . Following King Victor Emmanuel IIs invasion of Rome , the students held a meeting to denounce the invasion as an indignity to the pope , and voted to contribute a Peters Pence to the pontiff . The universitys Law Department had been established at the end of Maguires presidency , and it began its first classes in October 1870 . The Georgetown College Journal began publishing in December 1872 , as the universitys first student-produced newspaper . That year , Early began to experience the effects of a disease of his kidneys , which affected his eyesight . As a result , the vice president , Patrick Francis Healy , largely took over the administration of the university ; Healy would later succeed Early as president . On May 22 , 1873 , Early suffered a stroke , which left him unable to speak and half his body paralyzed . He died the following day . It was estimated that 5,000 people attended his funeral , and he was buried in the Jesuit Community Cemetery at Georgetown .