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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, and then moves into a highly paid private practice in London where he becomes disillusioned with the greed and incompetence of some doctors. In writing the book, Cronin utilized his exp…
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science · Scottish physician and novelist (1896–1981) · physician · physician writer · novelist · surgeon · screenwriter · essayist · playwright · autobiographer · prose writer · author · also A. J. Cronin, Archibald Joseph Cronin, Cronin
Born 19 July 1896 · Died 6 January 1981 · Q179059
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Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
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Published “2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines” in Circulation — cited 2,332 times.
Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,678 times.
Published “Polyoxometalates: Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Systems” in Angewandte Chemie International Edition — cited 2,214 times.
Published “Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease” in The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology — cited 11,023 times.
Published “Metals, Toxicity and Oxidative Stress” in Current Medicinal Chemistry — cited 4,059 times.
Published “A Multigene Assay to Predict Recurrence of Tamoxifen-Treated, Node-Negative Breast Cancer” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,145 times.
Published “Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)” in Nature — cited 2,828 times.
Published “Some New Thoughts on Conceptualizing Perceived Service Quality: A Hierarchical Approach” in Journal of Marketing — cited 2,256 times.
Published “Assessing the effects of quality, value, and customer satisfaction on consumer behavioral intentions in service environments” in Journal of Retailing — cited 4,092 times.
Published “Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study” in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute — cited 4,345 times.
Published “Servperf versus Servqual: Reconciling Performance-Based and Perceptions-Minus-Expectations Measurement of Service Quality” in Journal of Marketing — cited 4,141 times.
Published “Measuring Service Quality: A Reexamination and Extension” in Journal of Marketing — cited 14,631 times.
Died 1981-01-06.
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“Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.”
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
To a local teacher: "Although I have travelled the world over I must say in all sincerity that my heart belongs to Dumbarton
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And addressed to the club's then secretary, congratulates the team on its return to the top division after a gap of 50 years
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The Cronins sailed back to England aboard the RMS Queen Mary, staying briefly in Hove and then in Raheny, Ireland, before returning to the U
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– Vigil in the Night, directed by George Stevens, featuring Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne, Anne Shirley, and Robert Coote
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The Citadel was voted the most interesting book readers had ever read
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Living in Bel Air, California, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Blue Hill, Maine
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Awarded National Book Award (1937).
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– Grand Canary, directed by Irving Cummings, featuring Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, Marjorie Rambeau, Zita Johann, and H
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Cronin was diagnosed with a chronic duodenal ulcer and told to take six months' complete rest in the country on a milk diet
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And Andrew, their youngest, in London in 1937
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Gained an MD at the University of Glasgow with a dissertation titled "The History of Aneurysm"
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Was appointed Medical Inspector of Mines for Great Britain
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With highest honours when obtaining the degree of MBChB
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Born 1896-07-19.
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