BOSTON (AP) — Thomas O’Connor, a Boston College historian and professor emeritus known for his work on the history of Boston, has died.
School officials said Monday afternoon that O’Connor suffered a fatal heart attack in his Milton home on Sunday. He was 89.
A South Boston native, O’Connor explored his hometown in books including “Boston Catholics,” “Civil War Boston” and “The Boston Irish.”
O’Connor also specialized in mid-nineteenth century American history and the Civil War, and regularly taught graduate colloquia and research seminar courses at the Chestnut Hill college.
He served on the Bostonian Society’s board of directors, the Massachusetts Archives Commission and the President’s Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Boston College said his funeral will be held at St. Thomas More Church in Braintree on Thursday morning.