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Bede Jarrett

Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (died 1934)

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Born
August 22, 1881
Died
March 17, 1934
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1881

About Bede Jarrett

Bede Jarrett OP was an English Dominican friar and Catholic priest who was also a noted historian and author. Known for works including Mediæval Socialism and The Emperor Charles IV, Jarrett also founded Blackfriars Priory at the University of Oxford in 1921, formally reinstating the Dominican Order at that university for the first time since the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII. In 1904 Jarrett became the first Dominican friar since the Reformation to study at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a student with the Benedictines at St. On 18 December 1904, after his first term at Oxford, Jarrett was ordained in Woodchester. St Dominic's Priory became Jarrett's first and long-time station. Jarrett also founded the Blackfriars Dominican priory in Oxford.

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Bede Jarrett timeline

  1. In 1904 Jarrett became the first Dominican friar since the Reformation to study at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a student with the Benedictines at St.
  2. On 18 December 1904, after his first term at Oxford, Jarrett was ordained in Woodchester.
  3. Known for works including Mediæval Socialism and The Emperor Charles IV, Jarrett also founded Blackfriars Priory at the University of Oxford in 1921, formally reinstating the Dominican Order at that university for the first time since the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII.

The world when Bede Jarrett was born

Bede Jarrett was born in 1881. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePresident Garfield assassinated
  • Technology milestoneFirst electric power plant (Godalming, England)
  • World population~1.41B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.0M

1881 versus 2026

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Measure18812026
Population51.0M341 million

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