George Elder (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
P.M.J Rock · 1913
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George Elder, a Kentucky educator born in 1793, founded and led the West's great Catholic college. Son of Maryland settlers at Hardin's Creek, he was schooled largely by his Scripture-wise father and entered Mount Saint Mary's at Emmitsburg at sixteen. With his friend William Byrne he studied theology at Baltimore and was ordained at Bardstown in September 1819.
Bishop Flaget charged Elder with founding a lay college, first a day school in the seminary basement. A separate building raised between 1820 and 1823 ranked among the West's largest and best equipped. Fifty southern students in 1825 began its long southern patronage. Elder served as president, with a break from 1827 to 1830, edited Louisville's Catholic Advocate, and wrote Letters to Brother Jonathan. Overwork at the 1838 college fire brought his death.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | P.M.J Rock |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |