Thomas Copley
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| Born | c. 1595 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 1652 (aged 56–57) |
Thomas Copley, alias Philip Fisher (1596 – 1652) was an English
Copley Hall, a residence hall at Georgetown University, is named after Thomas Copley.[1]
Life
He was the eldest son of William Copley of
In 1645, Fisher was arrested and carried in chains to England, with
A road has lately been opened through the forest to Virginia; this will make it but a two days' journey, and both places can now be united in one mission. After Easter I shall wait upon the Governor of Virginia upon business of great importance.[3]
There is no further record bearing on the projected visit. Neill, in his "Terra Mariae" (p. 70), and Smith in his "Religion under the Barons of Baltimore" (p. VII), confuse this Father Thomas Copley of Maryland with an apostate Catholic, John Copley, who was never a Jesuit. Father Fisher is mentioned in the missionary annals of Maryland, and, according to Hughes, was "the most distinguished man among the fourteen Jesuits who had worked in Maryland".[3]
References
- ^ "Copley Hall". Student Living. Georgetown University. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Christie 1887.
- ^ a b c Spillane 1913.
- Attribution
- Christie, Richard Copley (1887). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 198.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Spillane, Edward P. (1913). "Philip Fisher". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Hughes, "History of the Society of Jesus in North America" (London and New York, 1907), Text, I passim; Documents I, part I;
- John Gilmary Shea, "The Catholic Church in Colonial Days" (New York, 1886), 38, 46-47, 53;
- Henry Foley, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (London, 1882), VII, 255;
- Dorsey, "Life of Father Thomas Copley", published in "Woodstock Letters", XIV, 223; "Woodstock Letters", XI, 18-24; XII, 104-105; XV, 44, 47;
- George Oliver, "Collections ... Scotch, English and Irish Members of S.J." (London, 1845), 91, 92;
- Russell, "Maryland, the Land of the Sanctuary" (Baltimore, 1907), 88, 125, 127, 156-159, 171-173;
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Copley, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
