Robert Egerton Swartwout

Robert Egerton Swartwout
Born(1905-07-02)July 2, 1905
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 2, 1951(1951-06-02) (aged 45)
Eye, Suffolk, England
EducationMiddlesex School
Trinity College, Cambridge
RelativesEgerton Swartwout (father)

Robert Egerton Swartwout (July 2, 1905 – June 2, 1951) was an American-born writer, poet, cartoonist, and coxswain. He was the only son of American architect Egerton Swartwout and British-born Geraldine Davenport Swartwout. He drew from his rowing experience to produce a locked room mystery about The Boat Race and many poems.