Cronin, John, 1946- (Personal Name)

The marine chronometer, 2010: t.p. (John Cronin) jkt. (began as an apprentice watchmaker; studied horology at Bradford Technical Coll. where he was awarded a gold medal and a British Horological Institute prize for the national exams; elected to Fellowship of the Institute; gained history degree with the Open Univ. and teaching qualifications at Cambridge; taught history for 20 years before returning to horological conservation; winner of the 1994 Artist Craftsman competition of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and is closely involved with ICON (Institute of Conservation); he is one of ten horologists who have gained accreditation with the Institute as professional conservators and the only member specializing in chronometer work)

Email from author, May 24, 2011 (John Joysey Cronin; b. Nov. 18, 1946)