William Feiner (1792–1829) was a German Catholic priest and Jesuit who
became a missionary to the United States and eventually the president of
Georgetown College. Born in Münster, he taught in Jesuit schools in the
Russian Empire and Polish Galicia as a young member of the Society of
Jesus. He then emigrated to the United States several years after the
restoration of the Society, taking up pastoral work and teaching
theology in Conewago, Pennsylvania, before becoming a full-time
professor at Georgetown College. There, he also became the second
dedicated librarian of the college's library. Eventually, Feiner became
the president of Georgetown in 1826. While president, he taught theology
at Georgetown and led the congregation at Holy Trinity Church. Despite
being the leader of an American university, he never mastered the
English language. Long plagued by poor health due to tuberculosis, his
short-lived presidency ended after three years, just weeks before his
death.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Feiner>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1780:
The first running of the Epsom Derby horse race took place, won
by Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1780_Epsom_Derby>
1942:
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Allied naval
forces at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first fleet action in which
aircraft carriers engaged each other.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea>
1974:
An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in
the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than
8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
walking carpet:
(slang, derogatory or humorous) An exceptionally hairy person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walking_carpet>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability
to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done,
whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be
learned; and, however early a man's training begins, it is probably the
last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
--T. H. Huxley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._H._Huxley>