Father Edward McGlynn (September 27, 1837 – January 7, 1900), American Roman Catholic priest and social reformer, was born in New York City of Irish parents, Peter and Sarah McGlynn. His parents had immigrated in 1824, and his father became a contractor, acquiring a small fortune before dying in 1847, leaving a widow and ten children. McGlynn was first educated at the Thirteenth Street Grammar School. Archbishop Hughes, a family friend, was attracted by the boy's bright and studious nature, and sent him to the Free Academy, now the City College of New York. It was determined that he would become a priest, so he was then sent to the Urban College of the Propaganda, Rome. In 1859, after eight years in Rome, he transferred to the newly-opened Pontifical North American College. He had received