Crosbie Garstin (42)

1887-05-07 - 1930-04-19 | Cornwall, England, UK

Crosbie Garstin (7 May 1887 – 19 April 1930) was a poet, best-selling novelist and the eldest son of the Newlyn School painter Norman Garstin. He died under mysterious circumstances after a boating accident in the Salcombe estuary. He is known for the Penhale trilogy of novels based in 18th-century Cornwall.