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O'Conor (JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER)

JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER, an American author and educator. He was born in New York in 1852, and graduated from St. Francis Xavier College in 1872, taking English studies in London, philosophy in Louvain, and Oriental studies at Johns Hopkins. He became a priest of the Jesuit Order in 1885, and taught at West Park College; Georgetown University; College; St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia; St.

Francis Xavier, N. Y., being founder also of Brooklyn College. Authority cuneiform Assyrian. His works include dramas, of which he composed the music, among them the "Mystery of Life" (1916). He died in 1920. on