Bischoff, Anthony, 1910-1993

Anthony Bischoff, SJ (Oregon Province; Society of Jesus) was teaching at Georgetown University in Washington DC when he assembled this collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia and sent it to Seattle University Library for archival preservation. The Anthony Bischoff Personal Papers are located at the Jesuit Oregon Province Archives (JOPA), Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

From the description of John F. Kennedy Memorabilia Collection, 1960-1971. (Seattle University). WorldCat record id: 739097591

Graham Henry Greene was born on Oct. 2, 1904 in Berkhamsted, England to Charles Henry Greene and Marion Raymond Greene. His father was headmaster of Berkhamsted School, which Greene attended from 1915 until 1921. He completed his formal education at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a second in modern history in 1925. The next year Greene converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, and, in 1927, married Vivien Dayrell Browning, a fellow Catholic. They had two children, Lucy Caroline and Francis. Greene, a prolific writer, is best known as a novelist, though he also wrote plays, short stories, and non-fiction. He was on the staff of The times, London from 1926 to 1930 and was literary editor of The spectator during 1940 and 1941. He contributed film criticism to the short-lived periodical Night and day (July 1-Dec. 23, 1937), and, in 1954, was the Indochina correspondent for The new republic. During World War II he worked for the British Foreign Office and was stationed in Africa. In 1977 he was a member of the Panamanian delegation to Washington for the signing of the Panama Canal Treaties. Greene died on April 3, 1991 in Vevey, Switzerland.

Rev. Anthony D. Bischoff, S.J., was born on Nov. 3, 1910 in Walla Walla, Washington to Adolph and Mary Margaret Bischoff. On July 18, 1928 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Los Gatos, California. After obtaining both B.A. and M.A. degrees in philosophy from Gonzaga University in Spokane, he taught for three years at Seattle College (now Seattle University). Fr. Bischoff then turned his attention to the study of theology and was ordained on June 7, 1941. In 1943 he began PhD studies in English at Yale University. During his lifetime Fr. Bischoff taught at numerous universities across the U.S. His study of poetry concentrated on the life and poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. He began writing what he hoped would be the definitive biography of Hopkins, but was never able to complete the work. However, in the course of his research he amassed a large collection of Hopkins material, which is now held in the Special Collections Dept. of Gonzaga University Library. In 1971 Fr. Bischoff took up residence in the Jesuit community at Georgetown University, where he spent the next 15 years writing, teaching, and advising students. In 1986 he returned to the Pacific Northwest to live at a Jesuit community in Spokane. He died on May 19, 1993, while visiting New Mexico.

From the description of The Graham Greene/Rev. Anthony Bischoff, S.J., collection, 1950-1984 (bulk 1974-1984). (Georgetown University). WorldCat record id: 100299737