Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph) Campbell

Thomas Joseph Campbell was a New York-born Jesuit priest who lived from 1848 to 1925. He studied at St. Francis Xavier College, entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1867, and went on to teach and serve in a range of academic and religious posts.

He is especially connected with St. John's College, now Fordham University, where he served as president in two separate terms. Sources also describe him as one of the younger presidents in the school's early history and note that he later became provincial of the Maryland–New York Jesuit province.

As a writer, Campbell is best remembered for historical works on the Jesuits and on early Catholic missions in Canada and North America. His 1921 book The Jesuits, 1534–1921 remains the title most commonly associated with his name, and contemporaries remembered him particularly for his work as a historian.