Crichton Porteous [SEP] date of death
Crichton Porteous
Leslie Crichton Porteous (1901–1991) was an author (writing under the name of Crichton Porteous) of fiction and non-fiction – books, articles and short stories – many of them about life in the Peak District of northern England, and often set in specific Peak locations ("Toad Hole" and "Broken River", for example, are set in the Derwent Valley). 
Born in Leeds, he grew up near Manchester, but spent a lot of time in the Peak during holidays as
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