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{{a|heroes|{{image|png|Winthrop Grumman, captured rather romantically (in that he is depicted outside his study and not with a scotch in hand, as was his habit) by [[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]]}}}}[[Winthrop Grumman]] (''b''. 1896, Dingwall, Nova Scotia ''d''. 1956, Suez, Egypt) was a dilettante, adventurer, polar explorer and literary critic, in the last of which pursuits he was especially fond of disparaging the pedestrian works of Austrian librettist [[Otto Büchstein]].
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Winthrop Grumman (b. 1896, Dingwall, Nova Scotia d. 1956, Suez, Egypt) was a dilettante, adventurer, polar explorer and literary critic, in the last of which pursuits he was especially fond of disparaging the pedestrian works of Austrian librettist Otto Büchstein.

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