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Born in Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Cronin was the child of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother. He was a precocious student at Dumbarton Academy who won many writing competitions. Due to his exceptional abilities, he was awarded a scholarship to study medicine at the University of Glasgow. It was there that he met his future wife, Agnes Mary Gibson, who was also a medical student.
Cronin trained as a doctor before serving as a Royal Navy surgeon during World War I. After the war he set up a practice in a miningSilver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Materials commonly recovered by mining include b area of South WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir and was appointed Medical Inspector of Mines. His experiences researching the deleterious effects of the mining industry on the workers' health formed the foundation for his later book, The Stars Look Down . He subsequently moved to London and had a very successful practice on Harley Street. While on holiday in Scotland, Cronin penned his first novel, Hatter's CastleHatter's Castle ( 1935) is a novel by the Scottish writer A. It is set in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford on the Clyde estuary and tells the story of a hatter called James Brodie whose pride and arrogance gradually destroy his family and life., with which he achieved instant success. It tells the story of a family brought to ruin by the pride, stubbornness and bigotry of its patriarch. Many of his novels became top-ten bestsellers which were printed in numerous languages.
Some of his later novels and stories draw on his medical experiences, dramatically mixing realismRealism is commonly defined as a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. However, the term realism is used, with varying meanings, in several of the liberal arts; particularly painting, literature, and philosophy. It is, romanceRomance or romantic can refer to: Romantic love Romantic movements in the arts, Romanticism Romantic poetry Romantic fiction, including but not limited to Romance novels Romance genre in film Romantic comedy Romantic music A type of musical composition ca, and social criticism . He moved to the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in in the late 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc with his wife and three sons. They settled in GreenwichGreenwich (41n02, 73w38 EST) is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 61,101. The town is served by the Metro North Railroad (the four stations are called Greenwich Cos Cob Riverside and and then New Canaan, Connecticut. For the last 25 years of his life, he lived in Switzerland. Cronin continued to write into his eighties. He died on January 9, 1981, in Montreux, Switzerland.