Michael Joseph Quin
Michael Joseph Quin | |
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Born | 1796 Trinity College, Dublin |
Known for | Dublin Review |
Michael Joseph Quin (1796 – 19 February 1843[1]) was an Irish author, traveller, journalist and editor. He is known as the originator of the Dublin Review.
Life
He was the third son of Morty Quin a distiller. In 1811 although a Catholic, he entered Trinity College as a 'pensioner'. Coming to London he was
But his most lasting work was the
During 1842 he edited The Tablet, pending the disputes between Lucas and the publishers. He married a step-daughter of Edward Wallis of Burton Grange, York, and had three daughters by her.[2]
He died of disease of the lungs. His body was interred in the cemetery of the English at Boulogne-sur-Mer.[4]
Works (selection)
- A Visit to Spain (1823)
- Memoirs of Ferdinand VII, 8 volumes (1824)
- A Statement of some of the principal events in the public life of Don Agustín de Iturbide (1824)
- The Trade of Banking in England (1833)
- A pamphlet on the proposed abolition of local probate courts (1834)[5]
- Journey Through Arabia Petræa to Mount Sinai and the Excavated City of Petra (1836) translated from the French of Léon de Laborde[6]
- Nourmahal, an Oriental Romance, 2 volumes (1838)
- Steam Voyages on the Seine, the Moselle and the Rhine (1843)
References
- ^ His tombstone notes that he died on 20 February 1845, aged 47 years (see Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature & Art. (1849). London: Chapman and Hall, p. 356 ([1])).
- ^ a b c This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Michael Joseph Quin". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Cooper, Thompson (1896). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XIX, London : W. Pickering, 1843, p. 438 ("obituary") [2].
- ^ An Examination of the Grounds upon which the Ecclesiastical and Real Property Commissioners and a Committee of the House of Commons have proposed the abolition of the Local Courts of Testamentary Jurisdiction, 2nd edit. London, 1834, 8vo.
- ISBN 978-1-58456-052-4.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Michael Joseph Quin". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .