Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell
(1848-1925) Writer, born New York, New York, USA ; died Monroe, New York, USA . Educated at Saint Francis Xavier’s College, New York, he entered the Jesuit novitiate near Montreal, 1867 , and after teaching at various colleges of the order, studied theology at Louvain, 1878 -1882 , where he was ordained. He was provincial of the Maryland-New York Province, 1888-1893, twice rector of Fordham University, 1885-1888 and 1896-1901, associate editor of “The Messenger of the Sacred Heart,” 1901-1908, and editor of “America,” 1910-1914. He was the author of “Pioneer Priests of North America,” “Names of God,” a translation from Lessius, “Pioneer Laymen of North America,” “Various Discourses,” a collection of sermons, and the important historical work, “The Jesuits.”