Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, conocido como A. Hyatt Verrill o solamente Hyatt Verrill, fue un zoólogo, explorador, inventor, ilustrador y autor estadounidense. Fue uno de los seis hijos del primer profesor de zoología de la Universidad de Yale, Addison Emery Verrill y de Flora L. Verrill, que le dieron su nombre en honor de un compañero de estudios de su padre, Alpheus Hyatt.
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer, usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956).
Alfred Jules Ayer foi um educador e filósofo britânico, proponente do positivismo lógico. Filho de pai suíço e mãe belga, Ayer estudou no Reino Unido, em Eton e Oxford. Foi professor na Universidade de Londres entre 1946 e 1959, onde teve a cátedra de Filosofia da Mente e Lógica.
Andrew James Butcher, better known as A.J. Butcher, is an English writer best known for the futuristic teen spy series, Spy High. Butcher taught English at both Poole Grammar School and Parkstone Grammar School, in Poole, Dorset, and currently teaches at Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, Dorset. He took a sabbatical from his teaching career to write Spy High Series Two. He says he has been influenced by Charles Dickens and George Orwell, but that Stan Lee, creator of many of Marvel Comics' super-heroes, is his biggest inspirational figure.
Archibald Joseph Cronin, known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a doctor in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service. The Stars Look Down, set in the North East of England, is another of his best-selling novels inspired by his work among miners. Both novels have been filmed, as have Hatter's Castle, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years. His 1935 novella Country Doctor inspired a long-running BBC radio and TV series, Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971), set in the 1920s. There was a follow-up series in 1993–1996.
Archibald Joseph Cronin fue un novelista y médico británico, autor de La ciudadela y Las llaves del reino , ambas novelas convertidas en películas y nominadas al premio Óscar. Sus historias del Doctor Finlay, basadas en su autobiografía Aventuras en dos mundos , se convirtió en una serie dramática de la BBC.
Archibald Joseph Cronin, signant ses œuvres A. J. Cronin, est considéré comme un des plus grands écrivains écossais. Plusieurs de ses ouvrages sont considérés comme des chefs-d'œuvre, en particulier La Citadelle et surtout Les Clés du royaume.
