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William McSherry (1799–1839) was a Catholic priest, a prominent leader of the Jesuits in the United States, and a president of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. Born in western Virginia, McSherry studied at Georgetown and was educated for the priesthood in Rome. There he discovered significant, forgotten holdings in the Jesuit archives about the early European settling of Maryland and the language of Native American tribes. McSherry served as the first provincial superior of the Jesuits' Maryland province from 1833 to 1837 and laid the groundwork for the sale of 272 of their slaves in 1838. He became President of Georgetown College in 1837, succeeding Thomas Mulledy, who replaced McSherry as provincial and executed the sale of slaves. Upon Mulledy's suspension over the slave sale scandal in 1839, McSherry was again made provincial. Following student protests in 2015 over McSherry and Mulledy's involvement in the sale, Georgetown University renamed McSherry Hall for Anne Marie Becraft. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 17:33, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
- Rephrased some sentences and added some important information about his life. Ergo Sum 02:16, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
- Looks good. - Dank (push to talk) 02:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
- Bit of a copyedit, pinging Laser brain Ergo Sum @WP:TFA coordinators as it's a pending request for Feb 7, the anniversary of the date he first became provincial superior. --valereee (talk) 15:38, 17 December 2019 (UTC)