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Arthur Hobson Quinn

Arthur Hobson Quinn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he received his B.S. in 1894 and his Ph.D. in 1899. Quinn also studied at the University of Munich. He began his teaching career when he was appointed an instructor in mathematics at Penn in 1894, and an instructor of English in 1895. The University appointed him Assistant Professor of English in 1904. Quinn would eventually hold the title of Welsh Professor of History and English, and serve as Dean of the College from 1912-1922. In his academic studies, he was an authority on the history of American drama and literature.

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American scholar of drama and biographer of Edgar Allan Poe

Born	9 February 1875
Died	16 October 1960

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Edgar Allan Poe: a critical biography

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1941
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Representative American plays: from 1767 to the present day.

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1917
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A history of the American drama from the civil war to the present day

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1927
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Representative American plays: from 1767 to the present day

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A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the Civil War

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1923
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A history of the American drama from the Civil war to the present day

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1936
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Edith Wharton.

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1973
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George Eliot's Silas Marner

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 2018
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Emerson's Essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 2018
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American fiction: an historical and critical survey

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1936
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Soul of America

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1932
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Contemporary American plays

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1923
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The literature of America: an anthology of prose and verse

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1929
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The literature of the American people: an historical and critical survey.

by Arthur Hobson Quinn
First published in 1951
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A history of the American drama

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Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allen Poe

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1946
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The Faire Maide Of Bristow: A Comedy Now First Reprinted From The Quarto Of 1605

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 2007
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REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN PLAYS FROM 1767 TO THE PRESENT DAY

by Arthur Hobson Quinn First published in 1930
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American scholar of drama and biographer of Edgar Allan Poe

Born	9 February 1875
Died	16 October 1960

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OLID: OL389589A
GoodReads: 18293
ISNI: 0000000121320220
Library of Congress Names: n79106302
VIAF: 49299081
Wikidata: Q5706973
Inventaire.io: wd:Q5706973

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Arthur H. Quinn
Quinn, Arthur Hobson
Arthur Hobson 1875-1960 ed Quinn
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