ORGANIZATION

Soldiers for the Roman Catholic Pope, members of this Society are called Jesuits. Founded in 1540 by the group's founder and first Superior General St. Ignatius of Loyola. Superior Generals are elected for life.

Founding Date:
1540

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich	Astronomer	18-May-1711	13-Feb-1787	Theoria philosophiae naturalis
Edmund Campion	Religion	24-Jan-1540	1-Dec-1581	Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix	Explorer	29-Oct-1682	1-Feb-1761	Jesuit explorer of America
Robert Drinan	Politician	15-Nov-1920	28-Jan-2007	Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman
Avery Cardinal Dulles	Religion	24-Aug-1918	12-Dec-2008	Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Pope Francis	Religion	17-Dec-1936		Roman Catholic Pontiff
Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora	Mathematician	20-Aug-1645	22-Aug-1700	Mathematician, historian of the New World
Jean Hardouin	Scholar	22-Dec-1646	3-Sep-1729	Confused Jesuit scholar
Gerard Manley Hopkins	Poet	28-Jul-1844	8-Jun-1889	Defeated the tyranny of poetic meter
Athanasius Kircher	Scientist	2-May-1601	28-Nov-1680	Master of a Hundred Arts
William P. Leahy	Educator	1948		President, Boston College
St. Ignatius of Loyola	Religion	1491	31-Jul-1556	Founder of the Jesuit order
Michael C. McFarland	Educator	1948		President, College of the Holy Cross
John McLaughlin	Talk Show Host	29-Mar-1927		The McLaughlin Group
Walter J. Ong	Scholar	30-Nov-1912	12-Aug-2003	Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Francis Paul Prucha	Historian	4-Jan-1921	30-Jul-2015	The Great Father
Karl Rahner	Religion	5-Mar-1904	30-Mar-1984	Leading Roman Catholic theologian
Matteo Ricci	Religion	6-Oct-1552	11-May-1610	Jesuit missionary to China
Robert Southwell	Religion	c. 1561	21-Feb-1595	Catholic martyr, hanged at Tyburn
Robert J. Spitzer	Educator	16-May-1952		President of Gonzaga University
Robert A. Wild	Educator	c. 1940		President, Marquette University
St. Francis Xavier	Religion	7-Apr-1506	3-Dec-1552	Jesuit missionary

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