William Crooke (1848–1923) was an English orientalist and "the central figure in Anglo-Indian folklore" according to Richard Mercer Dorson. Born in a family long settled in Ireland, he was educated at Tipperary Grammar School, before winning a scholarship to the Trinity College, Dublin. In 1871, he entered the Indian Civil Service. As an Indian Civil Service officer, his tenure was entirely spent in the United Provinces of Agra and Awadh.

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  • William Crooke (1848–1923) was an English orientalist and "the central figure in Anglo-Indian folklore" according to Richard Mercer Dorson. Born in a family long settled in Ireland, he was educated at Tipperary Grammar School, before winning a scholarship to the Trinity College, Dublin. In 1871, he entered the Indian Civil Service. As an Indian Civil Service officer, his tenure was entirely spent in the United Provinces of Agra and Awadh. During this time, he held charge as Magistrate and Collector of various districts like Etah, Saharanpur, Gorakhpur and Mirzapur. In these districts, he found abundant material for his researches in the ancient civilization of India. He was also an accomplished hunter, and an outspoken critic of the mechanically efficient "Secretariat" system. He was allowed to retire early after just 25 years of service in 1895. Apart from his official duties to which he was heavily devoted, he found ample time to write much on the people of India and their religions, beliefs and customs. In 1910, he was chosen to be the President of the Anthropological Section of the British Association, and became the editor of Folklore in 1915. He continued in this last position till his death at a nursing home in Cheltenham on the 25th of October, 1923.
  • William Crooke war ein britischer Ethnologe, Historiker, Folklorist, Indologe und Kolonialbeamter in Indien. Er war in Indien überwiegend in den nördlichen Provinzen, den nordwestlichen Provinzen und in Oudh tätig und verfasste Werke über die Stämme und Kasten, Volksreligion und Folklore, und über das Kastenwesen der Regionen, die zu Klassikern der Indologie zählen und bis heute ständig neu auflegt werden. Er verfaßte auch zahlreiche Beiträge zur Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1908-1921) von Rev. J. Hastings. Er ist auch als Herausgeber von Reisewerken und Nachschlagewerken hervorgetreten.
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  • William Crooke (photographer)
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  • William Crooke (1848–1923) was an English orientalist and "the central figure in Anglo-Indian folklore" according to Richard Mercer Dorson. Born in a family long settled in Ireland, he was educated at Tipperary Grammar School, before winning a scholarship to the Trinity College, Dublin. In 1871, he entered the Indian Civil Service. As an Indian Civil Service officer, his tenure was entirely spent in the United Provinces of Agra and Awadh.
  • William Crooke war ein britischer Ethnologe, Historiker, Folklorist, Indologe und Kolonialbeamter in Indien. Er war in Indien überwiegend in den nördlichen Provinzen, den nordwestlichen Provinzen und in Oudh tätig und verfasste Werke über die Stämme und Kasten, Volksreligion und Folklore, und über das Kastenwesen der Regionen, die zu Klassikern der Indologie zählen und bis heute ständig neu auflegt werden.
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  • William Crooke
  • William Crooke
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