Edmund Crispin

Robert Bruce Montgomery (1921-September 15, 1978) (who wrote under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin) was a British crime writer and composer. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organist and choirmaster. From 1943 to 1945 he taught at Shrewsbury School. In addition to his writing, he composed music, including for the Carry On films, and critiqued detective fiction for the Sunday Times.

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1921 - September 15 - 1978 - British - Crime writer - Composer - St John's College - Oxford - 1943 - BA - 1945 - Shrewsbury School - Carry On - Sunday Times

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His novels feature the Oxford don Gervase Fen, who is professor of English language and literature at the university and fellow of St Christopher's College, a fictional institution that Crispin locates next to St John's College. Fen is an eccentric, sometimes absent-minded, character reportedly based on the Oxford professor W E Moore. The novels are written in a humorous, sometimes farcical style.

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Oxford - Don

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