John Tracy Ellis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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historian
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1905
Place of Birth: Seneca, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 16-Oct-1992
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About John Tracy Ellis
- John Tracy Ellis (July 30, 1905 – October 16, 1992) was a Catholic Church historian, born and raised in Seneca, Illinois, USA. Ellis was ordained a priest and received a doctorate in history from Catholic University in Washington, where he worked with Msgr.
- Peter Guilday to collect the central documents of the American Catholic heritage.
- He spent most of his career as a faculty member of the Catholic University, but he taught at the University of San Francisco between 1963 and 1976.
- He was a long serving executive secretary of the American Catholic Historical Association and editor of the Catholic Historical Review (1941–62).
- Ellis is best known for his 1952 argument that American Catholic scholars have failed to measure up to European Catholic standards of scholarship and intellectual leadership.
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