Patrick Cruttwell

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Maurice James Patrick Cruttwell (17 March 1911 – 3 March 1990) was a British literary scholar. He received the

Rangoon University in Burma. He edited the Penguin collected writings of Samuel Johnson
as well as writing extensively on Shakespeare.

Cruttwell was born in Tezpur, Assam in British India,[1] the son of a tea planter. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy.[2] He died in Cambridge, aged 78.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Professor To Start Talk Series". Santa Barbara News-Press. 15 February 1959.
  2. ^ The Edinburgh Academy Register: A Record of All Those who Have Entered the School Since Its Foundation in 1824. T. & A. Constable. 1921. p. 125. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Deaths". The Daily Telegraph. 6 March 1990. p. 18.