he was ejected from this position by the parliamentary visitors in 1648. Anthony à Wood, who was acquainted with him, often heard him "sing with great admiration." His voice was a bass, "the best in England, and he had great command of it … but he wanted skill, and could scarce sing in consort." He contrived to obtain an introduction to Cromwell, who was so delighted with his musical talent that, "after liquoring him with sack," he restored him to his place at Christ Church. But in 1651 he was reported to be insane and he died in October 1659 and was buried in the cathedral of Christ Church. James Quin contributed to the Oxford University collections of Latin verse issued on the return of the king from Scotland in 1641, and on the peace with the Dutch Republic in 1654. See also List of polyglots References Attribution 1640 deaths People from County Dublin 16th-century Irish historians 17th-century Irish historians Irish biographers Irish male non-fiction writers Irish male poets Male biographers Irish philosophers Irish musicians Irish Latinists Linguists from Ireland Scottish poets Alumni of the University of St Andrews University of Ingolstadt alumni Neo-Stoics 17th-century male writers Year of birth uncertain Irish expatriates in Germany Irish expatriates in Scotland Irish expatriates in England 17th-century Irish poets 16th-century Irish poets 1570s births