Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer who published under the name Q. His major work is Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900.

From the guide to the Fiat Justitia, Ruat Solum, undated, (Ohio University)

Author, educator, and literary critic.

From the description of Correspondence and literary manuscripts, 1888-1944 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24560980

British writer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fowey, to David Nutt, 1892 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603575047

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Henley-on-Thames, to David Nutt, 1891 Nov. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603563480

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was born in Cornwall, which he returned to after university and a short stint as a journalist. Quiller-Couch is best known for his anthologies of English verse, such as the Oxford book of English verse and a number of novels including; Dead man's rock (1887), The ship of stars (1899), and Vigil of Venus (1912).

From the description of Correspondence, 1919-1943. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122628245

English author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to an unidentified publisher, 1891 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615974

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to Sir Henry Head, the neurologist, 1919 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615968

Quiller-Couch, Professor of English, Cambridge University (1912-1944). Originally from Cornwall, he is often associated with this area of England. He wrote a memoir of Arthur John Butler, husband of Mary Caroline Butler.

From the description of [Letter] 1918 Sep. 23, Fowey, Cornwall [to] Mrs. Butler / Arthur Quiller-Couch. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 319636965

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referencedIn John F. Glaser collection of historical autograph letters and manuscripts, 1739-1933. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of the Howe-Richards family, 1840-1950. Houghton Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to an unidentified recipient, 1900 Sept. 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974. Typed letters signed (18) and autograph letters signed (12) : Chicago, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1943-1970. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Hodder and Stoughton Records, 1875-1914 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Preface and dedication for Historical tales from Shakespeare [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Correspondence, 1919-1943. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Fowey, to David Nutt, 1892 June 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Letters of Quiller Couch to Colvin, 1897. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944,. The vigil of Venus : manuscript, [ca. 1911] Houghton Library
referencedIn A.P. Watt (Firm). A.P. Watt & Son correspondence, 1883-1917. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Correspondence, 1898-1954 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970. Gawsworth (Armstrong)/Shiel/Redonda papers, 1928-1971. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph file, Q, 1728-1932. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937. Houghton Library
creatorOf Houghton, Bertha. [Bertha Houghton papers] [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Trower, 1890 May 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1975. James A. Healy collection of Irish literature, 1870-1976. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Papers of Arthur Quiller-Couch, c1903 University of Exeter
referencedIn Francis James Child papers, 1842-1925. Houghton Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to Sir Henry Head, the neurologist, 1919 Jan. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Manson, James Alexander, 1851-1921. Papers, 1897-1912. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Eliot, Henry Ware, 1879-1947, collector. T. S. Eliot collection, 1881-1994. Houghton Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. [Letter] 1918 Sep. 23, Fowey, Cornwall [to] Mrs. Butler / Arthur Quiller-Couch. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Duffin, Ruth. [Letter] 1930 Jan. 14 [to] Sir Arthur Quiller Couch / Ruth Duffin. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916. Papers, 1910-1911. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Autograph File, C Houghton Library
referencedIn Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940. W. H. Davies letter to Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch [manuscript] June 27, 1905. Ohio University, Alden Library
referencedIn A.P. Watt (Firm). A.P. Watt records, 1888-1982 (major authors N-S). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn J.M. Dent & Sons. J.M. Dent & Sons records, 1834-1986 (author files N-R). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn English literature mss., 1901-1950 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Cannon family. Material relating to The tripled crown, 1908-1910. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn James Lewis May Papers, 1814-1963, (bulk 1926-1940) William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
referencedIn Cannan family. Material relating to The tripled crown, 1908-1910. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed to Miss Langham, 1916 June 1. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Hazeltine, Harold D. (Harold Dexter), 1871-1960. Correspondence, 1898-1954. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Frank Cowper, 1927 Aug. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn A. P. Watt & Son, 1883-1917. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to an unidentified publisher, 1891 Mar. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Fiat Justitia, Ruat Solum [manuscript] undated. Ohio University, Alden Library
referencedIn Quiller-Couch family papers, 1878-1954 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Fiat Justitia, Ruat Solum, undated Ohio University
referencedIn Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. Autograph copy of a letter : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947. Correspondence to Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, 1893-1915. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Wargrave, Henley on Thames, to W.E. Henley, 1888 Sept. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Hodder and Stoughton. Hodder and Stoughton records, 1875-1914. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Magdelen Ponsonby correspondence, 1908-1909. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Correspondence and literary manuscripts, 1888-1944 and n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Ellis, Havelock, Mrs., 1861-1916. ALsS, 1903-1905. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Autograph File, Q, 1728-1990. Houghton Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Fowey, Cornwall, to "Mr. Cassell's Editor", 1892 Dec. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Willcox, Louise Collier, 1865-1919. Papers of Louise Collier Willcox, 1870-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Autograph letter signed : Henley-on-Thames, to David Nutt, 1891 Nov. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944. Letter to Lewis Thompson. Fowey, Cornwall. 1914 Nov. 28. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn W. H. Davies letter to Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, June 27, 1905 Ohio University
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associatedWith Butler, Mary Caroline, 1855-1931. person
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correspondedWith Child, Francis James, 1825-1896 person
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correspondedWith Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940. person
associatedWith Dent, J. M. (Joseph Malaby), 1849-1926. person
associatedWith Duffin, Ruth. person
associatedWith Ellis, Havelock, Mrs., 1861-1916. person
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associatedWith Hazeltine, Harold D. (Harold Dexter), 1871-1960. person
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associatedWith Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1975. person
associatedWith Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903, person
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correspondedWith Houghton, Bertha. person
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associatedWith Keats, Gwendoline. person
associatedWith Manson, James Alexander, 1851-1921. person
correspondedWith May, J. Lewis (James Lewis), b. 1873 person
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associatedWith Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938. person
associatedWith Nutt, David, person
associatedWith Ogden, C. K. (Charles Kay), 1889-1957. person
associatedWith Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 person
associatedWith Parrish, Morris Longstreth, 1867-1944, person
associatedWith Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916. person
associatedWith Perrycoste, Frank Hill. person
associatedWith Ponsonby, Magdelen. person
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associatedWith Quiller-Couch family. family
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associatedWith Reid, T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss), 1842-1905. person
associatedWith Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. person
associatedWith Russell, Cecil Henry St. Leger, b. 1862. person
associatedWith Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch person
associatedWith Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947. person
associatedWith Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
England
Great Britain
Subject
Publishers and publishing
Authors and publishers
Authors, English
Authors, English
English literature
English literature
English poetry
Poets, English
Novelists, Scottish
Poetry, Modern
Occupation
Translator
Activity

Person

Birth 1863-11-21

Death 1944-05-12

Britons

English

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