Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Persona
Forma autorizada del nombre
O'Brien, Thomas J. [2]
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nombre
Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
- O'Brien, Thomas J. [2], d. 1980
Otra(s) forma(s) de nombre
- Thomas J. O'Brien
- Thomas O'Brien
- Tom O'Brien
- Tom J. O'Brien
- O'Brien, Tom
Identificadores para instituciones
Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
d. 1980
Historia
Thomas J. O'Brien served with John Paul Merton (Thomas' younger brother) in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Canada and instructed John Paul in flying. Later, O'Brien applied for entry to the Trappists at Gethsemani, but was denied entry. Merton mentions him as a postulant at Gethsemani in November of 1958. He responds to a letter from O'Brien in 1961 (O'Brien's letter not extant) suggesting other monasteries that might be better for O'Brien. O'Brien lived at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1958 to his death in 1980, later becoming its manager.