biography
| name: |
Cronin, A(rchibald) J(oseph)
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pronunciation:
[krohnin]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1981)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Cardross, Argyll and Bute, W Scotland, UK. He studied medicine at Glasgow (1919), but in 1930 took up literature, and at once was successful with Hatter's Castle (1931). Subsequent works include The Citadel (1937) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1942). Several of his books were filmed, and the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook was based on his stories. |
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