Robert Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978) (who wrote under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin) was a British crime writer. He graduated from St. John's College, Oxford in 1943, with a BA in modern languages. 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. He died on September 15 1978
His novels feature the Oxford don Gervase Fen. Fen is reportedly based on the Oxford professor W.E. Moore.
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