Thomas Barrow (1747–1813) was a British Jesuit.

Life

Barrow was born at Eccleston near

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on 17 September 1747, and educated at St. Omer. Barrow entered

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at Watten in 1764. After the temporary suppression of the society in 1773, he rendered great services to the new

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, and subsequently to

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. At the peace of Amiens, Barrow was sent to

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to look after the property of his brethren, as well as the interests of the nuns of the

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(now settled at New Hall, Chelmsford). He died at Liège on 12 June 1813.

Works

Dr. Oliver calls him a prodigy of learning, but the only published specimens of his erudition are two sets of verses in Hebrew and Greek, in honour, respectively, of the Prince-Bishop of Liège,

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(1772), and François-Antoine-Marie de Méan, the last

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(1792).

Notes

References

;Attribution *; Endnotes: **Oliver's Collectanea S.J.50 **Foley's Records, vii. 36. {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrow, Thomas 1747 births 1813 deaths British Jesuits People from Eccleston, Lancashire