D'Arcy, Martin Cyril, 1888-1976

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1888-06-16 - 1976-11-20

Biographical Note

Martin Cyril D'Arcy was born in Bath, England in 1888. He attended Oxford University and the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest in 1921. In 1927, he joined the faculty at Oxford and during this time received into the church a stream of famous converts, most notably Evelyn Waugh. Between 1945 and 1950 he served as provincial superior of the Jesuits in England. D'Arcy authored 20 books, mainly on philosophical and religious topics. He died in London at the age of 88 in 1976.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw9f2f

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Philip Caraman, SJ papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-1998-030

Abstract Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and writings comprise the papers of British Jesuit Philip Caraman. The bulk of the collection is his personal and professional correspondence with other Jesuits, authors, and poets. Among the correspondents are: John Betjeman; Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ; John W. Gran; Graham Greene; Peter Levi; André Malraux; Norman Sherry; Edith Sitwell; Muriel Spark; Francis Sweeney, SJ; Catherine Walston; and Evelyn Waugh. Some of the writers are further represented...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1944 - 1998

Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-1986-190

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ, a twentieth-century British Jesuit scholar and theologian. Materials include correspondence, essays, and funeral memorabilia.