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See also:MCCLOSKEY, See also:JOHN (1810-1885) , See also:American See also:cardinal, was See also:born in See also:Brooklyn, New See also:York, on the loth of See also:March 18ro. He graduated at Mt St See also:Mary's See also:College, See also:Emmitsburg, See also:Maryland, in 1827, studied See also:theology there, was ordained a See also:priest in 1834, and in 1837, after two years in the college of the Propaganda at See also:Rome, became See also:rector of St See also:Joseph's, New York See also:City, a See also:charge to which he returned in 1842 after one See also:year's See also:presidency of St John's College (afterwards See also:Fordham University), Fordham, New York, then just opened. In 1844 he was consecrated See also:bishop of Axieren in partibus, and was made coadjutor to Bishop See also:Hughes of New York with the right of See also:succession; in 1847 he became bishop of the newly created see of See also:Albany; and in 1864 he succeeded to the archdiocese of New York, then including New York, New See also:Jersey, and New See also:England. In See also:April 1875 he was invested as a cardinal, with the See also:title of Sancta Maria supra Minervam, being the first American See also:citizen to receive this dignity. He attended the See also:conclave of 1878, but was too See also:late to See also:vote for the new See also:pope. In May 1879 he dedicated St See also:Patrick's See also:Cathedral in New York City, whose corner-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone had been laid by See also:Archbishop Hughes in 1858. Archbishop See also:Corrigan became his coadjutor in 188o because of the failure of McCloskey's always delicate See also:health. The fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood was celebrated in 1884. He died in New York City on the loth of See also:October 1885. He was a See also:scholar, a preacher, and a See also:man of affairs, temperamentally quiet and dignified; and his See also:administration differed radically from that of Archbishop Hughes; he was conciliatory rather than polemic and controversial, and not only built up the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church materially, but greatly changed the See also:tone of public See also:opinion in his See also:diocese toward the Church.
M'CLURE, See also:SIR See also:ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER (1807-1873), See also:English See also:Arctic explorer, born at See also:Wexford, in See also:Ireland, on the 28th of See also:January 1807, was the See also:posthumous son of one of See also:Abercrombie's captains and spent his childhood under the care of his godfather, See also:General Le Mesurier, See also:governor of See also:Alderney, by
whom he was educated for the See also:army. He entered the See also:navy, however, in 1824, and twelve years later gained his first experience of Arctic exploration as See also:mate of the " Terror " in the expedition (1836-1837) commanded by See also:Captain (afterwards Sir) See also:George Back. On his return he obtained his See also:commission as See also:lieutenant, and from 1838 to 1839 served on the See also:Canadian lakes, being subsequently attached to the See also:North American and See also:West See also:Indian See also:naval stations, where he remained till 1846. Two years later he joined the See also:Franklin See also:search expedition (1848-1849) under Sir J. C. See also:Ross as first lieutenant of the " Enterprise," and on the return of this expedition was given the command of the " Investigator " in the new search expedition (1850-1854) which was sent out by way of See also:Bering Strait to co-operate with another from the north-west. In the course of this voyage he achieved the distinction of completing (1850) the See also:work connected with the See also:discovery of a North-West Passage (see POLAR REGIONS). On his return to England, M'Clure was awarded See also:gold medals by the English and See also:French See also:geographical See also:societies, was knighted and promoted to See also:post-See also:rank, his commission being dated back four years in recognition of his See also:special services. From 1856 to 1861 he served in Eastern See also:waters, commanding the See also:division of the naval See also:brigade before See also:Canton in 1858, for which he received a C.B. in the following year. His latter years were spent in a quiet See also:country See also:life; he attained the rank of See also:rear-See also:admiral in 1867, and of See also:vice-admiral in 1873.
See Admiral Sherard See also:Osborn, The Discovery of a North-West Passage (1856).
End of Article: MCCLOSKEY, JOHN (1810-1885)
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