death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
oxford , england , u.k. 15 december 1930 london , england , u.k. british 21 april 1849 fiction , satire , essay , philosophical literature , social commentary , religious fiction , romance fiction , non-fiction william francis barry
 william francis barry catholic lecturer priest , theologian , educator , writer ,
william francis barry

rev. dr. william francis barry -lrb- 21 april 1849 -- 15 december 1930 -rrb- was a british catholic priest , theologian , educator and writer .
he served as vice president and professor of philosophy at birmingham theological college from 1873 to 1877 and then professor of divinity at oscott college from 1877 to 1880 .
a distinguished ecclesiastic , barry gave lectures in both great britain and the united states during the 1890s .
he was also a popular author and novelist at the start of the 20th century , whose books usually dealt with then controversial religious and social questions , and is credited as the creator of the modern english catholic novel .
