James A. Ryder
James A. Ryder, S.J. was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. He founded the Philodemic Society, of which he was the first president. In 1840, Ryder became the president of Georgetown College, and oversaw the construction of the university’s Astronomical Observatory. In his later years, Ryder went to Philadelphia, where he assisted with the founding of Saint Joseph’s College and...
