Background
Quinn, Arthur Hobson was born on February 9, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael A. and Mary (MacDonough) Quinn.
Quinn, Arthur Hobson was born on February 9, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael A. and Mary (MacDonough) Quinn.
Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1894, Doctor of Letters, 1931. Studied modern philology U. Munich, 1897-1898, University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899. Doctor of Letters, Saint Joseph’s College, 1918.
Instructor mathematics 1894-1895, English, 1895-1904, assistant Professor of English, 1904-1908, professor since 1908, John Welsh Centennial professor of history and English literature, 1939-1945. Emeritus professor, special lecturer, 1945-1954, dean college faculty, 1912-1922, director Summer School, 1904-1907, University of Pennsylvania Lecturer, University of Chicago, summer session, 1923, Columbia, 1924, New York University, 1929, 31, University of California at Los Angeles, 1937, Louisiana State University, 1954.
Member American Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa (prosecuting Pennsylvania Delta chapter 1919-1920), Beta Theta Pi. Member “Four-Minute Men,” 1917-1919. Member of the board American National Theatre since 1923.
Member Conseil Historique et Heraldique de France since 1937.
Member American Antiquarian Society, Society American Studies (honorary). Clubs: Franklin Inn, Plays and Players, Lenape.
Married Helen McKee, May 31, 1904. Children: Helen Cloyd, Arthur Hobson, Kathleen Carberry, Frances Badge, James Hockley.