QUINN, Arthur Hobson, 1875-
Instructor English, 1895
Born in Philadelphia, 1875; graduated Univ. of Pa., 1894 Ph.D. 1899; Instructor in Mathematics at the University, 1894-95; Instructor in English, 1895-; author of Pennsylvania Stories, etc.
ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1875, the son of Michael Aloysis and Mary (MacDough) Quinn. he graduated from the Arts Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894, taking honors for all four years, and winning the H. La Barre Jayne Prize in English, Freshman year, the Second Prize for Mathematics, Junior Year, and the Henry Reed Prize in English and Faculty German Prize in Senior year. he also took an active interest in Class and University affairs, being Editor-in-Chief of the Red and Blue, Senior Secretary of his Class, Class Poet, Secretary of the Zelosophic Society, and serving on the Class Record and other important committees. he was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi Franternity and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Upon graduation he was appointed instructor in Mathematics at the University and was transferred in 1895 to the position of Instructor in English which he still occupies. During the academic year 1897-1898 he obtained leave of absence and spent the time in advanced work in modern philology at the University of Munich, Bavaria. In 1899 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Quinn is the author of Pennsylvania Stories, a series of short stories dealing with life at the University, and has contributed at various time to The Saturday Evening Post, Life, The Youth's Companion, etc. He has also in press a critical edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the Faculty, Bibliographical, Writeabout and Mount Airy County clubs, and is a Mitglied des Akademisch-dramatischen Vereins zu Mtinchen.
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Instructor English, 1895
Born in Philadelphia, 1875; graduated Univ. of Pa., 1894 Ph.D. 1899; Instructor in Mathematics at the University, 1894-95; Instructor in English, 1895-; author of Pennsylvania Stories, etc.
ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1875, the son of Michael Aloysis and Mary (MacDough) Quinn. he graduated from the Arts Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894, taking honors for all four years, and winning the H. La Barre Jayne Prize in English, Freshman year, the Second Prize for Mathematics, Junior Year, and the Henry Reed Prize in English and Faculty German Prize in Senior year. he also took an active interest in Class and University affairs, being Editor-in-Chief of the Red and Blue, Senior Secretary of his Class, Class Poet, Secretary of the Zelosophic Society, and serving on the Class Record and other important committees. he was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi Franternity and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Upon graduation he was appointed instructor in Mathematics at the University and was transferred in 1895 to the position of Instructor in English which he still occupies. During the academic year 1897-1898 he obtained leave of absence and spent the time in advanced work in modern philology at the University of Munich, Bavaria. In 1899 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Quinn is the author of Pennsylvania Stories, a series of short stories dealing with life at the University, and has contributed at various time to The Saturday Evening Post, Life, The Youth's Companion, etc. He has also in press a critical edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the Faculty, Bibliographical, Writeabout and Mount Airy County clubs, and is a Mitglied des Akademisch-dramatischen Vereins zu Mtinchen.
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QUINN, Arthur Hobson, 1875-
Instructor English, 1895
Born in Philadelphia, 1875; graduated Univ. of Pa., 1894 Ph.D. 1899; Instructor in Mathematics at the University, 1894-95; Instructor in English, 1895-; author of Pennsylvania Stories, etc.
ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1875, the son of Michael Aloysis and Mary (MacDough) Quinn. he graduated from the Arts Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894, taking honors for all four years, and winning the H. La Barre Jayne Prize in English, Freshman year, the Second Prize for Mathematics, Junior Year, and the Henry Reed Prize in English and Faculty German Prize in Senior year. he also took an active interest in Class and University affairs, being Editor-in-Chief of the Red and Blue, Senior Secretary of his Class, Class Poet, Secretary of the Zelosophic Society, and serving on the Class Record and other important committees. he was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi Franternity and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Upon graduation he was appointed instructor in Mathematics at the University and was transferred in 1895 to the position of Instructor in English which he still occupies. During the academic year 1897-1898 he obtained leave of absence and spent the time in advanced work in modern philology at the University of Munich, Bavaria. In 1899 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Quinn is the author of Pennsylvania Stories, a series of short stories dealing with life at the University, and has contributed at various time to The Saturday Evening Post, Life, The Youth's Companion, etc. He has also in press a critical edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the Faculty, Bibliographical, Writeabout and Mount Airy County clubs, and is a Mitglied des Akademisch-dramatischen Vereins zu Mtinchen.
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Instructor English, 1895
Born in Philadelphia, 1875; graduated Univ. of Pa., 1894 Ph.D. 1899; Instructor in Mathematics at the University, 1894-95; Instructor in English, 1895-; author of Pennsylvania Stories, etc.
ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1875, the son of Michael Aloysis and Mary (MacDough) Quinn. he graduated from the Arts Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894, taking honors for all four years, and winning the H. La Barre Jayne Prize in English, Freshman year, the Second Prize for Mathematics, Junior Year, and the Henry Reed Prize in English and Faculty German Prize in Senior year. he also took an active interest in Class and University affairs, being Editor-in-Chief of the Red and Blue, Senior Secretary of his Class, Class Poet, Secretary of the Zelosophic Society, and serving on the Class Record and other important committees. he was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi Franternity and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Upon graduation he was appointed instructor in Mathematics at the University and was transferred in 1895 to the position of Instructor in English which he still occupies. During the academic year 1897-1898 he obtained leave of absence and spent the time in advanced work in modern philology at the University of Munich, Bavaria. In 1899 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Quinn is the author of Pennsylvania Stories, a series of short stories dealing with life at the University, and has contributed at various time to The Saturday Evening Post, Life, The Youth's Companion, etc. He has also in press a critical edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and of the Faculty, Bibliographical, Writeabout and Mount Airy County clubs, and is a Mitglied des Akademisch-dramatischen Vereins zu Mtinchen.
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