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Johns diary to see AJ.
cronin who saved him

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Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician.[2]

A. J. Cronin
Cronin in 1931
Cronin in 1931
Born
Archibald Joseph Cronin
19 July 1896
Cardross, Dunbartonshire,[1] Scotland
Died
6 January 1981 (aged 84)
Montreux, Switzerland
Occupation
Physiciannovelist
His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), the story of a doctor from a Welsh mining village who quickly moves up the career ladder in London. Cronin had observed this scene closely as a Medical Inspector of Mines and later as a doctor in Harley Street. The book promoted what were then controversial new ideas about medical ethics and helped to inspire the launch of the National Health Service. Another popular mining novel of Cronin's, set in the North East of England, is The Stars Look Down. Both these novels have been adapted as films, as have Hatter's Castle, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years. Cronin's novel Country Doctor was adapted as a long-running BBC radio and TV series Dr. Finlay's Casebook, revived many years later.