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Thomas Merton
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priest and author (1915–1968)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1915-01-31 ) January 31, 1915, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales , France
- Died
- December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10) (aged 53), Mueang Samut Prakan , Thailand
- Citizenship
- United States
- Alma mater
- Columbia University
- Occupations
- Trappist monk author
- Religion
- Christianity ( Roman Catholic )
- Church
- Latin Church
- Ordained
- May 26, 1949 (1949-05-26) (aged 34)
- Writings
- The Seven Storey Mountain (1948)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Prades
- Place of death
- Bangkok
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- St. Bonaventure University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Merton Trappist.gif
- Religious order
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
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- Commons category
- Thomas Merton
- place of burial
- Kentucky
- date of birth
- 1915-01-15
- date of death
- 1968-12-10
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Merton
- cause of death
- electrocution
- religious name
- Louis
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- different from
- Thomas Ralph Merton
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