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Thomas J. Whall
Born
Thomas J. Wall

(1919-11-09)November 9, 1919
Kilkenney, Ireland
DiedMay 14, 1911(1911-05-14) (aged 63)
Reading, Massachusetts
Known forEliot 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.