Becker, Thomas A
Roman Catholic bishop, was born in 1832 in Pittsburg, Pa. He was appointed professor of theology, ecclesiastical history, and sacred scriptures in St. Mary's college, Emmettsburg, and was one of the chief secretaries of the plenary council assembled at Baltimore. He was then stationed at the cathedral of Richmond, where he remained until created bishop of the new diocese of Wilmington, Del. He has contributed largely to reviews and periodicals, and his series of articles in the American Catholic Quarterly on the idea of a true university attracted wide attention. BECKETT, SYLVESTER BREAK- MORE, author, poet, was born in 1812 in Maine. He was a publisher of Portland, Maine; and the author of Hester, the Bride of the Islands, a Poem; and Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence.
He died in 1882.