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Person Detail: Thomas Merton
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| Full Name: Thomas Merton | ||
| Biography: (1915-1968) Religious writer and poet. Thomas Merton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1938 and his Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1939 and taught at Saint Bonaventure's College, Olean, New York. In 1941, he became a Trappist. He wrote numerous books on theology, criticism, and poetry. He lived in Queens, New York. |
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| 1940 |
Cattaraugus County Merton taught at Saint Bonaventure's College in Olean, New York. |
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| 1939 |
New York County Merton attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 and a Master of Arts degree in 1939. |
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| 1915 |
(Unknown) County Thomas Merton was born in Prades, France, in 1915. |
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| 1968 |
(Unknown) County Thomas Merton died an accidental death in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1968. |
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| 1948 |
(Unknown) County The Seven Storey Mountain Autobiography. |
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| 1962 |
(Unknown) County New Seeds of Contemplation |
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| 1917 |
Queens County Thomas Merton's family moved to Flushing, New York, in 1917. |
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| 1947 |
(Unknown) County Figures for an Apocalypse Collection of poetry. |
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| 1968 |
(Unknown) County Thomas Merton was interred in Community Cemetery Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky. |
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| 1949 |
(Unknown) County The Tears of the Blind Lions Collection of poetry. |
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| 1957 |
(Unknown) County The Strange Islands Collection of poetry. |
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| 1949 |
(Unknown) County The Waters of Siloe Nonfiction. |
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| 1953 |
(Unknown) County The Sign of Jonas Nonfiction. |
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| 1967 |
(Unknown) County Mystics and Zen Masters Nonfiction. |
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| 1949 |
(Unknown) County Seeds of Contemplation Collection of meditations. |
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| 1957 |
(Unknown) County The Silent Life Collection of meditations. |
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