# Alcuin — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Alcuin in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-lecture-viii-on-the-lineage-of-english-literature-i

## Who they are

Anglo-Saxon scholar and advisor to Charlemagne, mentioned in lineage.

## In the story

### [Lecture X: English Literature in Our Universities (I)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-x-english-literature-in-our-universities-i)

Described as Bede's pupil, a 'pushing dull man and a born reactionary' who went to teach at Charlemagne's court, causing Northumbria to lose its chance to become a cultural center.

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