Zona de identitate
Type of entity
Person
Forma autorizată a numelui
O'Brien, Thomas J. [2]
Formularul paralel (e) de nume
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- O'Brien, Thomas J. [2], d. 1980
Alta forma(e) a numelui
- Thomas J. O'Brien
- Thomas O'Brien
- Tom O'Brien
- Tom J. O'Brien
- O'Brien, Tom
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
d. 1980
Istorie
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.