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.
The JC’s fictional heroes
Preaching righteous truth with the power of metaphor.
Grumman captured in implausibly romantic fashion (in that he is depicted outside his study and not by a roaring fire with scotch in hand, as was his habit) by Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton
