Robert Crouse, , contemplative, teacher, gardener, mystic, preacher, and theologian of twinkling, mischievous wit, lived much of his life on Crouse Road, Crousetown, Nova Scotia, Canada, where his family had lived for more than 200 years. A world authority on Augustine and Dante, he taught for much of his life at King' s College, Halifax, and was in great demand internationally as a lecturer on the theological tradition of the ancient and medieval worlds. He died in 2011.