Trivia

Studied Medicine at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, beginning 1914, graduating, with highest honors, with the degree of MB, ChB, becoming a doctor in 1919.

Won the National Book Award (U.S.), Favorite Novel of 1937, for "The Citadel," his best known work.

In 1939, when Hollywood started optioning his novels for movie adaptations, he and his family moved to the US.

Godfather of Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the son of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer.

In the late 1950s he and his wife moved to Switzerland and lived first in Lucerne and finally Montreux.

While many of his novels were adapted and produced as films, only one of his works, "Jupiter Laughs," was produced on Broadway.

When they moved to the US, Cronin and his family first lived in Bel Air, CA, but later lived in Nantucket, MA; Greenwich, CT; and Blue Hill, ME. After a trip back to the UK at the end of World War II they resided at the Carlyle Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, and then briefly in Deerfield, MA, before settling in New Canaan, CT, in 1947. He was a true nomad, and also owned homes in Bermuda and Cap-d'Ail, France, where they spent most summers after 1950.

Continued his studies, earning additional degrees, including a Diploma in Public Health in 1923, and earned his Membership, Royal College of Physicians in 1924.

Lifelong fan and supporter of Dumbarton F.C., West Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK, the fourth oldest club in Scotland.

In 1930 he was diagnosed with an ulcer and ordered to take six months complete rest on a milk diet. On an estate by Loch Fyne, Scotland, he was finally able to indulge his lifelong desire to write a novel, emerging three months later with "Hatter's Castle," which was accepted by the first publisher he submitted it to, chosen by his wife by sticking a pin on a list of publishers. This began his prolific writing career.

With wife Agnes Mary known as "May," he had three sons: Vincent, the eldest, was born in Tredegar, Wales, UK in 1924. Patrick, the middle son, was born in London, England, UK in 1926. Their youngest son, Andrew, was born in London, England, UK in 1937.