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Letters from Malcolm Quin to Professor Arthur James Grant and Mr Robertson

Archive Collection: MS 431

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Letters from Malcolm Quin to Professor Arthur James Grant and Mr Robertson

Level: Collection

Classmark: MS 431

Creator(s): Quin, Malcolm()

Date(s): 1892-1927

Language: English

Size and medium: 113 ff. in 5 envelopes

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5204

Description

Addresses (except where otherwise stated) Numbers 1-33, 35-53 From 30, Alexandra Place, Newcastle- on-Tyne. Numbers 56-64, 66, 68-82, 84-88 From 10, Manor House Road, Newcastle -on-Tyne . Dates The date given in parentheses for some letters (eg 10 Descartes 105) is that used by Quin, as a positivist, in addition to the normal date. Subjects Positivism, catholicism, and other philosophical and religious topics.


Items MS 431/92-102 are a separate accrual from Blackfriars Hall, Oxford.

Biography or history

Malcolm MacDuff Quin (1854-1945) was born in Coltishall, Norfolk. He spent much of his childhood in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Starting life as a brewer's clerk, Quin went on to become a journalist. In 1881 he married Frances Sarah Cookson and the couple moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Quin became an indepent Catholic priest. He was the author of a number of books and pamphlets on positivism, religion and politics.

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