Crook
Encyclopedia
Places
- Crook, County DurhamCrook, County DurhamCrook is a market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles south-west of Durham.Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham...
, England, United Kingdom - Crook, CumbriaCrook, CumbriaCrook is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland District of the English county of Cumbria, located on the B5284 road between Kendal and Windermere. In the 2001 census the population was 340....
, England, United Kingdom - Crook, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Crook InnCrook InnThe Crook Inn is an inn in the Scottish Borders, near the village of Tweedsmuir on the A701 road between Broughton and Moffat. It is one of many claimants to be the oldest inn in Scotland. Robert Burns wrote "Willie Wastle's Wife" there. In the early 20th century a halt was built on the Talla...
, Scotland, United Kingdom - Crook, ColoradoCrook, ColoradoCrook is a Statutory Town in Logan County, Colorado, United States. The population was 128 at the 2000 census.-History:The town was named for General George Crook, officer during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Geography:...
, United States - Crook County, OregonCrook County, Oregon-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,182 people, 7,354 households, and 5,427 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile . There were 8,264 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...
, United States - Crook County, Wyoming, United States
- Crooks, South DakotaCrooks, South DakotaCrooks is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States and is a suburb of Sioux Falls. The population was 1,269 at the 2010 census. Crooks was named New Hope until 1904.-Geography:Crooks is located at ....
, United States - Crooks InletCrooks InletCrooks Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in western Hudson Strait, forming a wedge into Baffin Island's Meta Incognita Peninsula.-References:...
, Nunavut, Canada
People
- Adam Crooks (activist) (1824–1874), Weslyan Methodist
- Adam Crooks (politician) (1827–1885), Canadian politician
- Andrew CrookAndrew CrookAndrew Richard Crook is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for South Australia, Lancashire and Northamptonshire. He is an all-rounder, bowling off spin. He is the brother of English county player Steven Crook.-References:...
(born 1980), Australian cricketer - Ann Marie CrooksAnn Marie CrooksAnn Marie Crooks is a Jamaican-born American former female bodybuilder and professional wrestler. She was previously working for World Championship Wrestling in 1999 as Midnight.-Early life:...
, female bodybuilder and professional wrestler - Bill CrooksBill CrooksWilliam Crooks , known as Bill Crooks was manager of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Ngatapa, Gisborne, from 1967-1974...
, New Zealand horticulturalist - Billy Crook (American soccer) (born 1964)
- Catherine Crook de CampCatherine Crook de CampCatherine Crook de Camp, was an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. Most of whose work was done in collaboration with her husband L. Sprague de Camp, to whom she was married for sixty years. Her solo work was largely non-fiction.-Life:Catherine Crook was born Catherine Adelaide...
(1907–2000), American science fiction author - Clive CrookClive CrookClive Crook is a columnist for the Financial Times, the National Journal and a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly...
(born 1953), English columnist, editor and author - Garth CrooksGarth CrooksGarth Anthony Crooks OBE is a retired English football player of Jamaican ancestry. He played principally for Stoke City and Tottenham, with whom he was a prolific goal scorer and an FA Cup winner at Wembley in 1981...
(born 1958), former English professional football player - Charmaine CrooksCharmaine CrooksCharmaine Crooks , is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medalist . Charmaine was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics...
(born 1962), Canadian athlete - Dave CrooksDave CrooksDave Crooks is a former Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, he represented the 63rd District from 1996 to 2008.-External links:* Official government website* profile*Follow the Money - Dave Crooks** campaign contributions...
(born 1963), American politician - Eddie Crook, Jr.Eddie Crook, Jr.Edward "Eddie" Crook, Jr. won a gold medal for the United States as a boxing teammate of Muhammad Ali in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Crook was also a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.-Amateur career:...
(1929–2005), American boxer - David CrookDavid CrookDavid Crook . A committed Marxist from 1931, he joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. After being wounded on his first day at the front, he was returned to a hospital in Madrid...
(1910–2000), British Marxist - David Moore CrookDavid Moore CrookDavid Moore Crook DFC was a British fighter pilot born in Huddersfield, England.-RAF career:After attending Cambridge University, he was mobilised as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on the outbreak of war. Flying the Spitfire Crook participated in the Battle of Britain, flying with No...
(1914–1944), British fighter pilot - Frances CrookFrances CrookFrances Crook OBE is the Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, the oldest penal reform charity in the United Kingdom.-University and Beyond:...
(born 1952), British Labour Party politician - George CrookGeorge CrookGeorge R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
(1828–1890), American general - Hal CrookHal CrookHal Crook is a jazz trombonist. He has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation.- Discography :* Hello Heaven * Only Human...
(born 1950), jazz trombonist - Howard CrookHoward CrookHoward Crook is an American lyric tenor who has lived and worked in the Netherlands and France since the early 1980s.He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, and educated at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio and then University of Illinois, where he received a master's degree in music,...
(born 1947), American tenor - Hulda CrooksHulda CrooksHulda Crooks was an American mountaineer. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period....
(1896–1997), American mountaineer - Ian CrookIan CrookIan Stuart Crook, is a former professional footballer who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur before making 418 appearances for Norwich City. He was an England B international.-Club career:...
(born 1963), former English professional football player - J. Mordaunt CrookJ. Mordaunt CrookProfessor Joseph Mordaunt Crook, CBE, FBA, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, D.Phil, MA, generally known as J. Mordaunt Crook, is an English architectural historian and specialist on the Georgian and Victorian periods...
(born 1937), British architectural historian - Jack CrooksJack CrooksJohn Charles "Jack" Crooks was an American Major League Baseball infielder born in St. Paul, Minnesota...
(1865–1918), American baseball player - James CrooksJames CrooksJames Crooks was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.He was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1778 and came to Fort Niagara in 1791 where his half-brother, Francis, was operating as a merchant. In 1795, Francis, James and his brother William moved to Newark...
(1778–1860), Scottish businessman - John CrookJohn CrookJohn Hurrell Crook, BSc, PhD, DSc , was a British ethologist who filled a pivotal role in British primatology....
(born 1930), British sociologist - Lee CrooksLee Crooks-Manchester City:As a club trainee, Crooks signed his first professional contract with Premier League club Manchester City on 1 August 1994...
(born 1978), former English professional football player - Lorianne CrookLorianne CrookLorianne Crook is an American radio and television host, producer and writer. She is best known for her work on The Nashville Network programs This Week In Country Music and Crook & Chase with Charlie Chase.-Early life:...
(born 1957), American radio and television personality - Mackenzie CrookMackenzie CrookPaul Mackenzie Crook is a British actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.-Life and career:...
(born 1971), British actor - Malcolm CrookMalcolm CrookMalcolm Crook is Professor of French history at Keele University and is editor of the journal French History.He is also a trustee of the Historical Association and The Society for the Study of French History.-Bibliography:...
, professor of French history - Martyn CrookMartyn CrookMartyn Crook was a British-born Australian soccer coach and former representative player.-Biography:...
(1956–2008), British soccer coach - Matthew Crooks CameronMatthew Crooks CameronSir Matthew Crooks Cameron, QC was a lawyer, judge and politician in the Canadian province of Ontario.He was born in Dundas in Upper Canada, during his studies at Upper Canada College, he lost one leg after a shooting accident. Cameron later articled in law, was called to the bar in 1849 and...
(1822–1887), Canadian lawyer - Max CrookMax CrookMaxfield Doyle Crook is an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He probably remains best known as the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit "Runaway", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron...
(born 1936), American musician - N. Patrick CrooksN. Patrick CrooksJustice N. Patrick Crooks is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Justice Crooks was elected to the Supreme Court in 1996 and re-elected in 2006....
(born 1938), American Supreme Court Judge - P. J. CrookP. J. CrookP J Crook MBE is a British painter. Although she has shown successfully in London for many years, her work is perhaps better known in France and America, where she has a huge following...
(born 1945), British painter - Paul CrooksPaul CrooksPaul Crooks is a former Formula One engineer.Crooks began his career as an apprentice aeronautical engineer when he was 17 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment based in Farnborough. He spent five years there before joining RAE at the age of 22. For the next five years he worked as a detail designer...
, former Fornula One engineer - Ramsay CrooksRamsay CrooksRamsay Crooks immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1803 and he worked in a trading post on the Great Lakes. He helped W. Price Hunt to organize and lead an overland trip to Astoria in the Oregon Country for John Jacob Astor in 1809 through 1813, as a partner in the Pacific Fur Company...
(1787–1859), Canadian fur trader - Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook (1901–1989), British peer
- Richard CrooksRichard CrooksRichard Alexander Crooks was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera.-Biography:He was born on June 26, 1900 in Trenton, New Jersey...
(1900–1972), American tenor - Sammy CrooksSammy CrooksSamuel "Sammy" Dickinson Crooks was an English footballer who played as outside forwardoutside-right for Derby County in the mid-war era. He was one of the best-known footballers of the 1920s and 1930s and was capped 26 times by England.-Early life:He was one of a family of 17 children...
(1908–1981), English footballer - Steven CrookSteven CrookSteven Paul Crook is an Australian cricketer who plays for Middlesex in English county cricket. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm fast medium pace.-Cricket career:...
(born 1983), Australian cricketer - Terry Crook (born 1949), former English rugby league player
- Thomas Crook SullivanThomas Crook SullivanThomas Crook Sullivan was a brigadier general in the United States Army.Sullivan was born at Montgomery County, Ohio, the son of Samuel Sullivan, the proprietor of Sullivan's Tavern, the brother of Ohio 2nd Dist Appellate Judge Theodore Sullivan, and the nephew of future Major General George Crook...
(1833–1908), Brigadier General in the United States Army - Thomas CrooksThomas CrooksThomas Crooks was the 11th head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the second part of the 1910 season, replacing Troutman Gougler. His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 1 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties...
(born 1862), American football coach - Thurman C. CrookThurman C. CrookThurman Charles Crook was a United States Representative from Indiana.He was born on a farm near Peru, Indiana and attended the Cass County schools, Logansport High School, Indiana State University, Purdue University, Indiana University, and graduated from Valparaiso University in 1930...
(1891–1981), U.S. politician - Tim CrooksTim CrooksTimothy John Crooks is a former British rower who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was seven times winner at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....
(born 1949), former British rower - Tommy CrookTommy CrookTommy Crook is an American guitarist who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Professional career:...
(born 1944), American musician - Tully CrookTully CrookTully Crook is an English artist. After training at St Martins School of Art he had an extensive career in advertising...
(born 1938), English artist - Walter CrookWalter CrookWalter Crook was an English football player and manager.-Playing career:Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances...
(1912–1988), English footballer and manager - Will CrooksWill CrooksWilliam Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society...
(1852–1921), British trade unionist - William Crooks (Canadian politician)William Crooks (Canadian politician)William Crooks was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1776. In 1792, he travelled to Fort Niagara to join his brother James Crooks who was a merchant there; in 1795, the business was moved to Newark . With his brother, he was involved in...
(1776–1836), Canadian politician
Other uses
- A criminal or thief
- A bocalBocalA bocal is the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument. It's a curved, tapered tube, which is an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, including double reed instruments such as the bassoon, contrabassoon, English horn, and oboe d'amore, as well as the larger recorders...
, the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument - Crook (music)Crook (music)A crook, also sometimes called a shank, is an exchangeable segment of tubing in a natural horn which is used to change the length of the pipe, altering the fundamental pitch and harmonic series which the instrument can sound, and thus the key in which it plays.-Master crook and coupler...
, exchangeable section of a brass instrument - Crook can refer to the crozier carried by a bishop or abbot
- ShepherdShepherdA shepherd is a person who tends, feeds or guards flocks of sheep.- Origins :Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, meat and especially their wool...
's crook - An angled stem used in securing a laid Devon hedgeDevon hedgeDevon hedges comprise of an earth bank topped with hedgerow shrubs. The bank may be faced with turf or faced with stone. If stone-faced, the stones are generally placed on edge, though around gateways the stones are often placed flat....
- Crooks fluctuation theoremCrooks Fluctuation TheoremThe Crooks equation is an equation in statistical mechanics that relatesthe work done on a system during a non-equilibrium transformation to thefree energy difference between the final and the initial state of the...
in statistical mechanics - Crooked grind, a skateboarding trick
- Crook frame, a form of timber frame
- Flail and crook
- The Crook, English title of Le voyou, a 1971 French movie about an infamous criminal
- Crook (film)Crook (film)-India:Reception of the film in India has been mixed. One critic writes praises the music, writing: "this along with its already popular songs makes Crook a full on entertainment package that should not be missed when it releases all over on 8 October"...
, a 2010 Hindi thriller film - Crooked (album)Crooked (album)Crooked is Kristin Hersh's eighth studio album, produced by Kristin Hersh.- Track listing :All songs written by Kristin Hersh# "Mississippi Kite" - 3:36# "Moan" - 4:58# "Sand" - 3:06# "Glass" - 3:33# "Fortune" - 4:18# "Coals" - 5:20...
, an album by Kristin Hersh
See also
- Crookes (disambiguation)Crookes (disambiguation)Crookes may refer to:* Crookes, a suburb of Sheffield, England; also:** Crookes , an electoral ward in Sheffield, England** Crookes Cemetery, a cemetery in Sheffield** Crookes Valley Park, a public park in Sheffield...
- Crooked Creek (disambiguation)
- Crooked River (disambiguation)