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William Crooke

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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. [1]

54 relations: Allahabad, Anthropometry, Aryan, Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, British Science Association, Cheltenham, Competitive examination, County Cork, Denzil Ibbetson, East India Company, Edgar Thurston, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Erasmus Smith, Etah, Ethnology, Fellow of the British Academy, Findmypast, Gloucestershire, Gorakhpur, Herbert Hope Risley, Horace Arthur Rose, Indian Civil Service (British India), Indian Rebellion of 1857, James Tod, John Fryer (FRS), Kolkata, Macroom, Mirzapur, North-Western Provinces, Numismatics, Order of the Indian Empire, Oriental studies, Philology, Presidency University, Kolkata, Ram Gharib Chaube, Richard Carnac Temple, Richard Dorson, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Saharanpur, Scholarship, Susan Bayly, The Folklore Society, The Indian Antiquary, The New Cambridge History of India, The People of India, Thomas R. Metcalf, Trinity College Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, University of Dublin, University of Oxford, ..., Uttar Pradesh, Vedas, William Wilson Hunter, World War I. Expand index (4 more) »

Allahabad

Prayag, or Allahabad is a large metropolitan city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India, and the Allahabad Division.

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Anthropometry

Anthropometry (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human", and μέτρον metron, "measure") refers to the measurement of the human individual.

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Aryan

"Aryan" is a term that was used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.

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Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society is a learned society concerned with the history and antiquities of the City of Bristol and the historic county of Gloucestershire.

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British Science Association

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.

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Competitive examination

A competitive examination is an examination where candidates are ranked according to their grades.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland.

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Denzil Ibbetson

Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (30 August 1847 – 21 February 1908)Talbot (2012).

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston CIE (1855– 12 October 1935) was a superintendent at the Madras Government Museum who contributed to studies in the zoology, ethnology and botany of India and published works related to his work at the museum.

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Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics

The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics is a 12-volume work (plus an index volume) edited by James Hastings, written between 1908 and 1927 and composed of entries by many contributors.

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Erasmus Smith

Erasmus Smith (1611 – 1691) was an English merchant and a landowner with possessions in England and Ireland.

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Etah

Etah is a municipality town which is also the district headquarters of Etah district of Uttar Pradesh state, India.

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Ethnology

Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "nation") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationship between them (cf. cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology).

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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Findmypast

Findmypast is a UK-based online genealogy service owned, since 2007, by British company DC Thomson.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is a city located along the banks of Rapti river in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 673,446.

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Herbert Hope Risley

Sir Herbert Hope Risley (4 January 1851 – 30 September 1911) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator, a member of the Indian Civil Service who conducted extensive studies on the tribes and castes of the Bengal Presidency.

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Horace Arthur Rose

Horace Arthur Rose (1867–1933) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service and also an author of works related to India in the time of the British Raj.

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Indian Civil Service (British India)

The Indian Civil Service (ICS) for part of the 19th century officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in British India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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James Tod

Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod (20 March 1782 – 18 November 1835) was an English-born officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar.

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John Fryer (FRS)

John Fryer (circa 1650 - 31 March 1733) was an English doctor and Fellow of the Royal Society, now best remembered for his descriptions of travel in Persia and East India.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Macroom

Macroom (Maigh Chromtha) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland which formed in the valley of the River Sullane, about halfway between Cork city and Killarney.

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Mirzapur

Mirzapur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, roughly 650 km from both Delhi and Kolkata, almost 87 km (54 mi) from Allahabad and 67 km (42 mi) from Varanasi.

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North-Western Provinces

The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India.

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Numismatics

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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Order of the Indian Empire

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878.

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Oriental studies

Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies.

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Philology

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics.

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Presidency University, Kolkata

Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a public state university located in College Street, Kolkata.

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Ram Gharib Chaube

Ram Gharib Chaube was an Indian scholar who assisted William Crooke in various ethnographic researches during the period of the British Raj.

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Richard Carnac Temple

Sir Richard Carnac Temple, 2nd Baronet (15 October 1850 – 3 March 1931) was the British Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and an anthropological writer.

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Richard Dorson

Richard Mercer Dorson (March 12, 1916 – September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, author, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.

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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is a long-established anthropological organisation, with a global membership.

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Saharanpur

Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.

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Scholarship

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education.

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Susan Bayly

Susan Bayly is a Professor of Historical Anthropology in the Cambridge University Division of Social Anthropology and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

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The Folklore Society

The Folklore Society (FLS) is a national association in the United Kingdom for the study of folklore.

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The Indian Antiquary

The Indian Antiquary, A journal of oriental research in archaeology, history, literature, language, philosophy, religion, folklore, &c, &c, (subtitle varies) was a journal of original research relating to India, published between 1872 and 1933.

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The New Cambridge History of India

The New Cambridge History of India is a major multi-volume work of historical scholarship published by Cambridge University Press.

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The People of India

The People of India is a title that has been used for at least three books, all of which focussed primarily on ethnography.

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Thomas R. Metcalf

Thomas R. Metcalf (born 1934) is an historian of South Asia, especially colonial India, and of the British Empire.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, a research university located in Dublin, Ireland.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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University of Dublin

The University of Dublin (Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

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William Wilson Hunter

Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900) was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crooke

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