Background
Daly, Thomas Augustine was born on May 28, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Anthony and Anne Victoria (Duckett) Daly.
Daly, Thomas Augustine was born on May 28, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Anthony and Anne Victoria (Duckett) Daly.
Educational public schools, Villanova College, Pennsylvania, Fordham University to close of sophomore year, 1889. Honorary Master of Arts, Fordham University, 1901, Doctor of Letters, same, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Notre Dame U., 1917.
Doctor of Laws, Boston College, 1921.
Clerk, 1889-1891, reporter and editorial writer, 1891-1898, Philadelphia Record. General manager Catholic Standard and Times, Philadelphia, 1898-1915. Associate editor Evening Ledger, Philadelphia, 1915-1918.
Associate editor Philadelphia Record, 1918-1929. Columnist, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, since 1929. Lecturer since 1905. Author: Canzoni, 1906.
Carmina, 1909; Madrigali, 1912. Little Polly’s Pomes, 1913. Songs of Wedlock, 1916.
McAroni Ballads, 1919. Herself and the Houseful (prose), 1924. A Little Book of American Humorous Verse (anthology), 1926.
The House of Dooner (with Christopher Morley, prose). McAroni Medleys, 1931. Selected Poems of Technology A. Daly, 1936.
Late Lark Singing, 1946. Compiler: The Wissahickon, 1922. Home: 4937 Rubicam Road, Germantown, Pennsylvania Office: Bulletin Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Nannie Barrett, June 24, 1896. Children: Leonard Barrett, John Anthony, Thomas Augustine, Ann Elizabeth, Stephen Barrett, Brenda Rutledge (deceased), Frederic Rutledge, Frances Joan.