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John Quine
John Quine (1857–1940) was a Manx clergyman, scholar, novelist and playwright. Today he is perhaps best remembered for his 1897 novel, ''The Captain of the Parish''.
==Early life==
Third son of a Foxdale miller, William Quine and Christian (née Callister), John Quine was introduced to Latin and the classics from an early age. He attended King William's College, near to which the family moved when Quine was twelve years old, when they settled in Ballasalla.〔'Quine, Revd Canon John, MA' by Marjorie Quine, in ''New Manx Worthies'', ed. Dollin Kelly, Douglas: Manx National Heritage, 2006, pp. 385–387〕 After winning numerous prizes at the school, Quine won an open scholarship to study Mathematics at Merton College, Oxford, in 1877.〔
Quine proved to be a popular and successful student at Oxford, being elected Postmaster (senior undergraduate scholar) at Merton whilst gaining great popularity amongst his peers thanks to his conversational brilliance.〔'Three Remarkable Churchmen' by Mona Douglas, Chapter 10 of ''This is Ellan Vannin'', Douglas: Times Press, 1965, pp. 29–31〕 His enjoyment of Oxford was hampered only by the occasional consequences of his quick tongue and a lack of funds that he attributed to his father's miserliness.〔 He gained his Bachelor of Arts in 1881 and his MA shortly afterwards, as well as taking his Holy orders.〔〔
Despite gaining his degree in mathematics, Quine developed his early interest in the classics into a passion which would last throughout his life. At Oxford he pursued courses in Greek and Latin literature as well as divinity.〔 Upon graduation it was expected that he would go onto a successful career in the Church or the British Museum, but instead he returned to the Isle of Man, being by this time a staunch Manx Nationalist.〔
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