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Augustus J. Thébaud
1807–1885
A French-born Jesuit priest and writer, he spent much of his life teaching and serving in the United States while producing books on Catholic history and controversy. His work reflects the energetic religious debates of the 19th century and a long career in education.
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The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
by Augustus J. Thébaud
About the author
Born in France in 1807, Augustus J. Thébaud became a Jesuit and later built much of his career in the United States. He is remembered as a Catholic priest, teacher, and author whose life joined scholarship, pastoral work, and public religious writing.
Thébaud taught and worked at Jesuit institutions and wrote a number of books, including historical and apologetic works aimed at a broad readership. His writing often dealt with Catholic history and with the arguments between Catholics and Protestants that were especially lively in the 1800s.
He died in 1885. Though not widely known today, his books preserve the voice of a committed 19th-century churchman who wanted to explain his faith clearly and defend it in print.