Zone d'identification
Type d'entité
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
O'Brien, Thomas J. [2]
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions
- O'Brien, Thomas J. [2], d. 1980
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Thomas J. O'Brien
- Thomas O'Brien
- Tom O'Brien
- Tom J. O'Brien
- O'Brien, Tom
Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités
Zone de description
Dates d’existence
d. 1980
Historique
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.