| LC control no. | n 50022125 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892 |
| Variant(s) | Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892 Shea, John Dawson, 1824-1892 Shea, J. G. (John Gilmary), 1824-1892 Shea, Jean-Marie, 1824-1892 Author of The Discovery of the Mississippi, 1824-1892 Discovery of the Mississippi, Author of, 1824-1892 Author of Early voyages, 1824-1892 Early voyages, Author of, 1824-1892 Author of History of New France, 1824-1892 History of New France, Author of, 1824-1892 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1824-07-22 |
| Death date | 1892-02-22 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Elizabeth (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Catholic Church--United States--History |
| Affiliation | Jesuits |
| Profession or occupation | Historians Church historians |
| Found in | The bursting of Pierre Margry's La Salle bubble, 1879: title page (John Gilmary Shea) MnHi files (hdg: Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892; usage: John Gilmary Shea; John G. Shea; J.G. Shea; Jean-Marie Shea) Cadden, J. P. The historiography of the American Catholic Church, 1785-1943, 1944: page 20 (John Gilmary Shea; born John Dawson Shea; changed his name to John Gilmary Shea when he became a novice in the Society of Jesus) A child's history of the United States, 1877: title page (John Gilmary Shea, LL.D., author of The Discovery of the Mississippi, Early voyages, History of New France) Shea, John Gilmary. The Cross and the flag : our church and country. Volume 1, 1900: title page (by the great historian of America, John Gilmary Shea, LL.D.) New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 13, pages 69-70 (Shea, John Dawson Gilmary; historian; born July 22, 1824, in New York City; died February 22, 1892, in Elizabeth, New Jersey; his great work was his four-volume History of the Catholic Church in the U.S. (1886-1892), on which he was working at his death; he entered the Jesuit order in 1848, taking the name Gilmary, but left the Jesuits in 1852 to resume his historical work) English Wikipedia, viewed April 11, 2022 (John Gilmary Shea; John Dawson Gilmary Shea; born July 22, 1824; died February 22, 1892; writer, editor, and historian of American history in general and American Roman Catholic history specifically; he was also a leading authority on aboriginal native Americans in the United States. He is regarded as the "Father of American Catholic History") |
| Associated language | eng |
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