Autor: William Crooke

William Crooke (1848-1923) was a British orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. In 1871, 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, having a burst of activity as a published ethnologist in the field. This began in the 1890s when Crooke»s output in the field of ethnography was considerable, comprising the journal, two volumes of Popular Religion and Folklore and the four volumes that make up Tribes and Castes of the North Western Provinces.