John Quinn (collector)

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John Quinn (1870-1924) was an Irish-American corporate lawyer in New York, who for a time was an important patron of major figures of post-impressionism and literary modernism, and collector in particular of original manuscripts. He met W. B. Yeats in 1902, and was a major supporter.

[edit] Reference

• Benjamin Lawrence Reid (1968) The Man from New York: John Quinn and His Friends (1969 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)

[edit] Additional reading

• William M. Murphy. Prodigal Father: the Life of John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1978; paperback 1979; revised paperback, Syracuse University Press, 2001)
• Richard and Janis Londraville. Dear Yeats, Dear Pound, Dear Ford: Jeanne Robert Foster and Her Circle of Friends (Syracuse University Press, 2001)
• Janis and Richard Londraville, eds. John Quinn: Selected Irish Writers from his Library (Syracuse University Press, 2001)

[edit] Links

Tiffin, Ohio (John Quinn Birthplace) [[1]], see Reid biography for more information.