Thomas J. Whall
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Born | Thomas J. Wall November 9, 1919 Kilkenney, Ireland |
Died | May 14, 1911 Reading, Massachusetts | (aged 63)
Known for | Eliot School rebellion |
Thomas J. Wall (Kilkenny, Ireland, March 31, 1848 - Reading, Massachusetts, May 14, 1911) was a Catholic student in Boston's Eliot school, who was whipped for refusing to read aloud the Ten Commandments in the King James version, in an incident known as the Eliot School rebellion.