Background
Shahan, Thomas Joseph was born on September 11, 1857 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Maurice Peter and Mary Anne (Carmody) Shahan.
Shahan, Thomas Joseph was born on September 11, 1857 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Maurice Peter and Mary Anne (Carmody) Shahan.
Student Montreal College, Can. Student of history, University of Berlin, 1889-1891, The New Sorbonne and Institut Catholique, Paris, 1891.
Editor Catholic U. Bulletin, 1895-1909. President Catholic Edn. Assistant at pontifical throne, 1928.
Editor Catholic Encyclopedia, 1905-1929, Universal Knowledge Foundation, since 1927. Officer Legion of Honor, 1919.
Author: The Blessed Virgin in the Catacombs, 1892. Giovanni Battista de Rossi, 1900. The Beginnings of Christianity, 1903.The Middle Ages, 1904. The House of God and Other Addresses and Studies, 1905. St. Patrick in History, 1905.Translator: Patrology, by Otto Bardenhewer, 1908. Associate editor Catholic Encyclopedia, 1905-1929, Universal Knowledge Foundation, since 1927. Officer Legion of Honor, 1919.
Member of the board of judges for Hall of Fame, University Heights, New New York President Catholic Education Association, 1909-1928. National Conference of Catholic Charities, 1910-1914.