Background
He was born in Macdonalds, the son of Thomas Quin, apothecary and Master of the Guild of Saint Luke.
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Henry Quin
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He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1743.
Career
1718-1711 February 1791) was a notable Irish physician in Dublin, Ireland. He then travelled on the continent for six years, during which he obtained a doctorate of the University of Padua. Shortly after his return, having passed the required examination, in September 1749 he was elected King"s professor of the practice of physic at the medical school of Trinity College.
He was later Fellow and seven times President of the King and Queen"s College of Physicians in Ireland.
He built up a large and lucrative practice in Dublin, but also devoted himself to the arts and to the support of artists in the city. These included the Scottish engraver James Tassie and Dublin medallist William Mossop.
He died at his home on Saint Stephen"s Green, Dublin. Although by all accounts in good spirits, and financially well off, he shot himself in the heart with a pistol as he lay in bed in Dublin on 16 February 1805.
