- Edward Healy Thompson
Edward Healy Thompson (born at
Oakham ,Rutland , England; died atCheltenham ,Gloucestershire , on21 May 1891 ) was an EnglishRoman Catholic writer.Life
He was educated at
Oakham School andEmmanuel College, Cambridge . Having takenAnglican orders, he obtained acuracy atCalne ,Wiltshire .After some years of the Anglican ministry at
Marylebone ,Ramsgate , and elsewhere, he became a Catholic in 1846. The rest of his life, the latter years of which were spent at Cheltenham, he devoted to religious literature.Works
He published as his defence:
*"Remarks on certain Anglican Theories of Unity" (1846);
*"The Unity of the Episcopate considered" (1847); and
*"A few earnest thoughts on the Duty of Communion with the Catholic Church" (1847).In 1851 jointly with
James Spencer Northcote he undertook the editorship of the series of controversial pamphlets known as "The Clifton Tracts". His chief works were:*lives of
M. Olier (1861),Marie Harpain (1869), St.Stanislaus Kostka (1869),Baron de Rentz (1873), andHenri-Marie Boudon (1881);
*"Devotion to the Nine Choirs of Holy Angels" (1869);
*"The Life and Glories of St. Joseph" (1888); and
*"Before and After Gunpowder Plot" (1890).Most of this work was adaptation of books in other languages.
Family
The poet
Francis Thompson was his brother.He married Harriet Diana Calvert, and daughter of Nicholson Calvert of
Humsden , born at Humsden, Hertfordshire, 1811; died at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 21 Aug., 1896. On her husband's conversion she also joined the Catholic Church, and like him devoted herself to literary work. Her chief work is the "Life of Charles Borromeo", but she also wrote stories of Catholic life. These include: "Mary, Star of the Sea" (1848); "The Witch of Malton Hill"; "Mount St. Lawrence" (1850); "Winefride Jones" (1854); "Margaret Danvers" (1857); "The Wyndham Family" (1876); and others, as well as articles in the "Dublin Review ".References
*
Joseph Gillow , "Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath.", s. v.;
*W. Gordon Gorman, "Converts to Rome" (London, 1910);
*Gondon, "Motifs de conversion de dix ministres anglicanes"
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