Scottish physician and author (born 1896)

A. J. Cronin

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.

Born

1896

July 19

Died

1981

Era

1890s

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1981 Died

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939 Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.

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The world in 1981

When A. departed

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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Antonin Artaud 1896–1948 French actor and director (born 1896) Antonino Votto 1896–1985 Italian conductor (died 1985) Herbert Backe 1896–1947 German agronomist and politician (born 1896) Josephine Tey 1896–1952 Scottish author and playwright (born 1896) Karl Allmenröder 1896–1917 German soldier and pilot (born 1896) Lev Vygotsky 1896–1934 Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (born 1896) Reginald Baker 1896–1953 Australian rugby player (born 1884) Roman Jakobson 1896–1982 Russian–American linguist and theorist (born 1896) Salim Ali 1896– Indian ornithologist and author (died 1987)

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