| LC control no. | n 50018384 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Crooke, William, 1848-1923 |
| Variant(s) | Crooke, W. (William), 1848-1923 |
| Other standard no. | https://isni.org/isni/0000000109088422 |
| Associated country | India Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1848-08-06 |
| Death date | 1923-10-25 |
| Place of birth | Cork (Ireland : County) |
| Place of death | Cheltenham (England) |
| Field of activity | Civil service Folklore |
| Affiliation | Indian Civil Service British Association Folklore Society (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Civil servants Folklorists |
| Found in | A note on the tract of country south of the River Son in the Mirzapur District, N.W. Provinces, 1894: t.p. (W. Crooke) Hobson-Jobson, 1903: t.p. (edited by William Crooke, B.A.) Wikipedia, viewed 6 Oct. 2017 (William Crooke CIE FBA (6 August 1848 - 25 October 1923) was a British orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. He was born in County Cork, Ireland. Crooke joined the Indian Civil Service. While an administrator in India, he found abundant material for his researches in the ancient civilizations of the country. Although Crooke was a gifted administrator, his career in the ICS lasted only 25 years because of personality clashes with his superiors. He returned to England and in 1910, he was chosen to be the President of the Anthropological Section of the British Association. In 1911, having been for many years a member of the Council of the Folklore Society, he was elected its President. He died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 25 October 1923.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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