Cronin (?kr??n?n) n1. (Biography) A(rchibald) J(oseph). 1896?1981, British novelist and physician. His works include Hatter’s Castle (1931), The Judas Tree (1961), and Dr Finlay’s Casebook, a TV series based on his medical experiences2. (Biography) James Watson. born 1931, US physicist; shared the Nobel prize for physics (1980) for his work on parity conservation in weak interactionsCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014