QUINN,+John+Henry

QUINN, John Henry (1860-1941) Liverpool 1873; CL Chelsea 1887-1928 He is remembered in particular as a cataloguer, lecturing on it at the LSE classes before World War I and after it at UCL. He published //Manual of library cataloguing// (1899); //Library cataloguing// (1913) and, with H W Acomb, //Manual of cataloguing and indexing// (1933, 2nd edition 1937). He was active in the LA and Honorary Treasurer 1928-1929.

b. Sept. 1860 Liverpool Liverpool Sept. 1873-Dec. 1887, latterly as principal cataloguing assistant Chelsea from Dec. 1887 LA Council member

(YB 1897, 137)