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Thomas Merton

1915 - 1968

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Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death. Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice, and pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Among Merton's most widely-read works is his bestselling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Merton is the 2,097th most popular writer (down from 1,951st in 2019), the 2,366th most popular biography from France (down from 2,213th in 2019) and the 296th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Thomas Merton ranks 2,097 out of 7,302. Before him are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Yoshida Kenkō, Menasseh Ben Israel, Armin T. Wegner, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Ahmad ibn Mājid. After him are Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mircea Cărtărescu, Cleitarchus, Kâtip Çelebi, Alexis, and Francisco de Sá de Miranda.

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Among people born in 1915, Thomas Merton ranks 90. Before him are Kunihiko Kodaira, Peter Medawar, Godfrey Brown, Branko Ćopić, Kiyosi Itô, and Horst Sindermann. After him are William Masters, Arsenio Erico, Kon Ichikawa, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Wilhelm Gliese, and Marais Viljoen. Among people deceased in 1968, Thomas Merton ranks 78. Before him are Paul Radmilovic, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cassandre, Tivadar Soros, Fyodor Okhlopkov, and Santos Iriarte. After him are Tullio Serafin, Mario Roatta, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Darío Moreno, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, and Charles Munch.

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Among people born in France, Thomas Merton ranks 2,366 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Gombaud (1607), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), and Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822). After him are Othon de la Roche (1200), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Victor de Broglie (1785), Robert Surcouf (1773), and Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125).

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Among writers born in France, Thomas Merton ranks 296. Before him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Isaac the Blind (1160), Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786). After him are Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Albert Gleizes (1881), Paul Hazard (1878), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Étienne Jodelle (1532), and Yvan Goll (1891).

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