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A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) was a British physician, surgeon, and novelist. Born in Cardross, Scotland, he was educated at the University of Glasgow and began his professional work in 1931. A member of the Scottish Renaissance movement, he served in World War I. His notable work includes *Hatter's Castle*. He received the National Book Award for his writing.
Cronin was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in Montreux and was buried in La Tour-de-Peilz.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1896-07-19
- Died
- 1981-01-06
- Works
- 354
Top works
- Der spanische Gärtner
- Zvezdy smotriat vniz
- Episode / The island / A song of sixpence / Strangers on a bridge / Three blind mice
- Crusader's tomb
- Những năm ảo mộng
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Film & TV
Writing · Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Archibald Joseph Cronin, MB, ChB, MD, DPH, MRCP (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were adapted to film. He also created the Dr. Finlay character, the hero of a series of stories that served as the basis for the popular BBC…
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1965-07-31
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 58
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Measuring Service Quality: A Reexamination and Extension
· 1992 · cited 14,623x
- Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease
· 2007 · cited 11,007x
- A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer
· 2004 · cited 5,139x
- Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study
· 1998 · cited 4,342x
- Servperf versus Servqual: Reconciling Performance-Based and Perceptions-Minus-Expectations Measurement of Service Quality
· 1994 · cited 4,140x
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Quotes
- “Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.”
- “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
- “You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.”
- “Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them.”
- “Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.”
- “Even if my country remains at war with yours . . . remember ... I am not your enemy.”
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Encyclopedic overview
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a physician in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service.
The Stars Look Down, set in the North East of England, is another of his best-selling novels inspired by his work among miners. Both novels have been filmed, as have Hatter's Castle, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years. His 1935 novella Country Doctor inspired a long-running BBC radio and TV series, Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971), set in the 1920s. There was a follow-up series in 1993–1996.
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