A J Cronin

A. J. Cronin. Archibald Joseph Cronin, MB, ChB, MD, DPH, MRCP (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician.[1] Early life[edit] Rosebank Cottage, Cronin's birthplace Medical career[edit] Writing career[edit] In 1930, after being diagnosed with a chronic duodenal ulcer, Cronin was told he must take six months' complete rest in the country on a milk diet.

Many of Cronin's books were bestsellers which were translated into numerous languages. Influence of The Citadel[edit] By contrast, according to one of Cronin's biographers, Alan Davies, the book's reception was mixed. In the United States, The Citadel won the National Book Award, Favorite Fiction of 1937, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association.[8] According to a 1939 Gallup poll, The Citadel was voted the most interesting book readers had ever read.[9] Religion[edit] He also came to feel that "If we consider the physical universe,... we cannot escape the notion of a primary Creator....

Family[edit] Later years[edit] A.J. Cronin Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland. Archibald Joseph Cronin - better known simply as A.J.

Cronin - lived from 19 July 1896 to 6 January 1981. A.J. Cronin. A J Cronin. A J Cronin. (Archibald Joseph Cronin)Scotland (1896 - 1981)

Biography of AJ Cronin. Biography of AJ Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981) was a graduate of the University who became one of Britain's most successful novelists.

Born in Cardross, the son of Glasgow's first female public health inspector, Cronin matriculated to study at the University before the First World War. His studies were interupted by his war service as a Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, but he finally graduated MB, ChB in 1919 and MD in 1925, gaining a diploma in Public Health in London along the way. Cronin was Medical Inspector for Mines from 1924 to 1926 and went into private practice in London. A.J Cronin - The Man who Created Dr Finlay [9781846881121]- by Alan Davies - - £16.00 : Alma Books. A.J.

Cronin, author of some of the best-loved novels of the mid-twentieth century and the creator of Dr Finlay, has been unjustly overlooked by literary biographers. In this, the first full-length life of this eminent but often neglected writer, Alan Davies recounts the story of Cronin’s Scottish childhood as the son of a Protestant mother and Catholic father, his subsequent medical career, and ultimately his rise to literary prominence, emphasizing throughout the importance of holding at arm’s length many of the apocryphal tales that have accumulated around the memory of the author of Hatter’s Castle, The Citadel and The Stars Look Down, many of which are based on mistaken autobiographical readings of Cronin’s fiction itself. 'In establishing the facts, Davies has been painstaking in his labours... this gives his book an undeniable authority.' - The Spectator 'Alan Davies provides some fascinating glimpses into the mind of this brilliant but complex and enigmatic figure.

An Expectant Public. The reason Beveridge’s radical ideas were so enthusiastically welcomed was that the public were ready for them.

A J Cronin was the JK Rowling of his day. The public could not get enough of him. Several novels were translated into immediate Hollywood blockbusters in the 1930s. Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1961) was born in Cardross and graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1919. A.J. Cronin. Scottish novelist, an accomplished storyteller, who practised as a doctor over a decade before devoting himself entirely to writing.

Encyclopedia Britannica. David Shasha: A.J. Cronin Goes to Hollywood. We all know that at the very center of the cultural divide in America lies the fault line separating religious fundamentalism and secular modernity.

With the release of Mel Gibson's 2004 bloodbath The Passion of the Christ and the increasingly harsh pronouncements of the so-called "New Atheists," people like Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, to name the most prominent, we are currently living in a time when religion and secular society seem to be at war with one another. It would thus be quite important to recall a time when Hollywood was able to successfully integrate the contemporary demands of rational and scientific knowledge with the religious traditions of our great country. A. J. Cronin. Archibald Joseph Cronin - Books From Scotland. (born 19 July 1896 - died 6th January 1981) - Cardross, Dunbartonshire Best known for this Dr Findlay series of novels, Archibald Joseph Cronin was a doctor, novelist, dramatist and writer.

He was born in Cardross and lived for a time in Helensburgh. His father died of tuberculosis when he was seven, and he and his mother moved to Dumbarton. AJ Cronin. Birlinn Ltd. Kahn's Corner: 1941: The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin. The Author: Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981) was born in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

His father died when he was seven, and he and his mother lived with his maternal grandparents before eventually moving to Glasgow. At the University of Glasgow, Cronin became a medical doctor, serving as a medical officer in the first world war and later as a general practitioner in small towns in Scotland and a mining town in Wales, before being appointed Medical Inspector of Mines. At the university, he also met Agnes Mary Gibson, whom he married in 1921. They had three children together and they were married for nearly sixty years.

He was laid up with an ulcer in 1930, requiring six months recuperation, during which time he wrote his first novel, Hatter’s Castle, which was an immediate success. In 1939, Cronin and his family moved to the US, settling in places as disparate as Bel Air, California and Blue Hill, Maine. The Book: Also published 1941: James M. Adventures in Two Worlds by A. J. Cronin. The Green Years: And Shannon's Way: (Two Complete Novels) by A. J. Cronin. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV and radio) Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971.[1] Based on A. Dr Finlay's Casebook from 1964 BBC. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series 1962–1971.