William Crooke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Crooke

British orientalist

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1848

Place of Birth: Ireland

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1923

Profession: civil servant, ethnologist, orientalist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Crooke (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, and was educated at Erasmus Smith's Tipperary Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. 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.
He found ample time to write much on the people of India, their religions, beliefs and customs.
He was also an accomplished hunter. 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.
Re-elected as president of the society in the following year, he then became the editor of its journal, Folk-lore, in 1915.
He continued in this last position until his death at a nursing home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 25 October 1923.Crooke received various honours later in life, including degrees from the universities of Oxford and Dublin and a fellowship of the British Academy.



Alternative names	H. Walter Barnett
Description	Australian photographer
Date of birth/death	25 January 1862	16 January 1934
Location of birth/death	St Kilda	Nice
Work period	1883–1920
Work location	Sydney (Falk Studios) London (studios at Hyde Park Corner & Knightsbridge)
Authority control	: Q16026949 VIAF: 12069401 LCCN: no2006109227 Oxford Dict.: 66742 RKD: 407086 WorldCat