Catherine Cruft

Catherine Holway Cruft (1927-2015), wacce aka fi sani da Kitty, ƙwararriyar masaniyar fasahar zane-zane ce ta Burtaniya, mai kiyayewa da kuma mai kula da gine-gine. Ta kasance ƙwararriya a tarihin gine-ginen Scotland.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Catherine Holway Cruft a ranar 18 ga Maris, 1927 a East Somerset, London, Ingila, ga Alec Godfrey da Annie Margaret Cruft (née Holway).  Tana da ƙane Holway, wanda aka sani da Holly. Iyalan sun yi ƙaura akai-akai a lokacin ƙuruciyar Cruft, da farko zuwa Chipstead, Surrey da Wellington, Somerset, kuma daga ƙarshe suka zauna a Colinton, Edinburgh a 1942.  Cruft ya halarci Makarantar Convent of the Sacred Heart School da ke Craiglockhart, yana neman koyarwar kiɗa,  sannan ya je Jami'ar Edinburgh .  Ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a 1951. 

## Sana'a
A tsawon lokacin aikinta, Cruft ta shahara da aikinta na kiyaye wuraren gine-gine na tarihi a Burtaniya, inda ta sami ilimi sosai game da tarihin gine-ginen Scotland da kuma adana kayan tarihi.  Bayan kammala karatunta a shekarar 1951, ta fara wannan aikin a wasu ayyuka uku na ɗan lokaci, tana aiki a matsayin mai bincike a Ƙungiyar Bincike ta Kakanni ta Scotland, mai binciken gine-gine na Ma'aikatar Lafiya, da kuma mataimakiyar bincike a Tarihin Gine-gine na Scottish National (SNBR) a Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Scottish National .  A wannan matsayi na ƙarshe ta ba da rahoto ga Haswell Miller, darektan gidan tarihi.  A wannan shekarar, masanin tarihi Colin McWilliam ya zama darektan SNBR kuma tare da Cruft suka fara aiki don yin rikodin gidajen ƙauye na Scotland, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu sun lalace a lokacin yaƙin kuma an shirya za a rushe su.  Wannan ƙoƙarin ya ci gaba har sai da rikicin tattalin arziki ya sa aka kori duka biyun daga baya a shekarun 1950.  Cruft ta sake ɗaukar nauyin aiki na ɗan lokaci, tana aiki a Lerne Grant a Ofishin Rikodin Scotland da kuma a matsayin masanin tarihin gine-gine Ian Lindsay .  Ta shafe shekaru biyu tana tattara gine-ginen Edinburgh masu ban sha'awa na musamman tare da Lindsay kafin Cruft ya karɓi ragamar kula da SNBR a 1958.  A cikin wannan matsayin ta haɓaka tsarin haɗin gwiwa na Monuments Record tare da mai zane Colin McWilliam, tana tattara kayayyaki iri-iri—gine-gine, hotuna, zane-zanen gine-gine na asali, zane-zanen bincike da kayan tarihin rayuwa—tare a wuri ɗaya. 

Cruft ta kuma ba da gudummawa ga littattafai da dama, ciki har da *The Buildings of Scotland: Borders, James Craig 1744-1795* ; *Ingenious Architect of the New Town of Edinburgh, The Architecture of Scottish Cities* and *Edinburgh Old and New* .  Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1991 kuma a ƙarshen aikinta aka ba ta OBE  sannan aka ba ta lambar yabo ta girmamawa ta Royal Incoration of Architects in Scotland da kuma Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS). 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tun lokacin da Cruft ta kasance ƙarama tana son kiɗa kuma ta kasance cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Edinburgh Bach tsawon shekaru 60.  Ta kuma ji daɗin yin wasan tsere kan dusar ƙanƙara a shekarun 1950 da 1960 har sai da ta karye a ƙafarta ta shawo kanta ta yi ritaya daga wasan.  Sauran abubuwan sha'awa sun haɗa da aikin lambu, sansani da sauran tafiye-tafiye, gami da tafiya zuwa Tarayyar Soviet kafin perestroika . 

Lokacin da ta sayi gida na kanta, wataƙila ita ce mace ta farko da ba ta da aure a Edinburgh da ta sami jinginar gida. 

Cruft ta yi fama da cutar hauka a tsufa.  Ta mutu a watan Janairun 2015,  a Edinburgh.  Tana da shekaru 87.

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