Vincent Cronin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vincent Cronin

British writer, editor and historian

Date of Birth: 24-May-1924

Place of Birth: Tredegar, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Jan-2011

Profession: historian, translator, biographer, art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance. Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to Scottish doctor and novelist, A.
J.
Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two.
He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947, earning a degree in Literae Humaniores.
During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant in the British Army.