William Crooke

William Crooke ( born August 6 1848 † October 25, 1923 ) was a British anthropologist, historian, folklorist, Indologist and colonial administrator in India.

He was in India predominantly in the northern provinces, the north-western provinces and Oudh worked and wrote works on the tribes and castes, folk religion and folklore, and the caste system of regions, which are among the classics of Indology and to this day constantly hangs up new.

He also wrote numerous articles for the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1908-1921) by Rev. James Hastings.

He is also the publisher of travel works (Jean -Baptiste Tavernier, John Fryer, Sea Hasan Ali, Shurreef Jaffur ) and reference ( Hobson - Jobson, 2nd ed and Things Indian) emerged.

Works

  • Materials for a rural and agricultural glossary of the North - Western Provinces and Oudh. . North - Western Province and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad, 1879 ( Revised edition as: A glossary of North Indian peasant life Edited, with an introduction, notes and appendices by Shahid Amin Oxford University Press, Delhi, inter alia, 1989, ISBN 0-19. . - 562209 -X).
  • A rural and agricultural glossary for the N.W. Provinces and Oudh. Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1888 ( reprint = 2nd edition. Vintage Books, New Delhi 1989, ISBN 81-85326-00-2 ).
  • The tribes and castes of the North - western Provinces and Oudh. 4 volumes. Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1896.
  • The popular religion and folk - lore of Northern India. 2 vols. Canstable, Westminster 1896 ( New Edition as:. Religion folklore of Northern India 2 vols Oxford University Press, London, 1926. ).
  • The North - Western provinces of India. Their history, ethnology, and administration. Methuen, London 1897 ( Reprint. Asian Educational Services, New Delhi 1998, ISBN 81-206-1067-9 ).
  • As Publisher: Henry Yule: Hobson - Jobson. Being a glossary of Anglo - Indian colloqial words and phrases, and of kindred terms. Etymological, historical, geographical, and discursive. John Murray, London 1886 ( New edition. Ibid., Online).
  • Things Indian. Being discursive notes on various subjects connected with India. John Murray, London, 1906 (Reprint = 1st Indian edition. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, New Delhi, 1972).
  • As editor: John Fryer: A new account of East India and Persia. Being nine years' travels, 1672-1681 ( Hakluyt Society = The. Works. 2nd Series, Vol 19, 20, 39, ISSN 0072-9396 ). 3 volumes. Hakluyt Society, London 1909-1915.
  • As publisher: Sea Hasan Ali: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India. Descriptive of Their manners, customs, habits and religious opinions. Made falling on a twelve years' residence in Their immediate society. 2nd edition, edited with notes and an introduction. Oxford University Press, London et al 1917.
  • As editor: Sarif Ǧa ʿ far: Islam in India or the Qanun -i Islām. The Customs of the Musalmāns of India Comprising a full and exact account of Their various rites and ceremonies from the moment of birth to the hour of death. Composed under the direction of, and translated by Gerhard A. Herklots. New edition ( = 2nd edition ), revised and rearranged, with additions. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London ua 1921.
  • As contributors: Aurel Stein: Hatim 's tales. Kashmiri stories and songs ( = The Indian Texts Series. Vol. 4, ZDB - ID 1002192-9 ). Recorded with the assistance of Pandit Govind Kaul. Edited with a translation, linguistic analysis, vocabulary, indexes, etc. by Sir George A. Grierson. With a note on the folklore of the tales by William Crooke. John Murray, London 1923
  • As editor: Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne: Travels in India. Translated from the original French edition of 1676 with a biographical sketch of the author, notes, appendices, & c. by Valentine ball 2 vols. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, London, 1925 ( Reprint at Low Price Publications, Vol 408). Low Price Publications, Delhi 2000, ISBN 81-7536-206-5.
  • As Publisher: North Indian Notes and Queries. A Monthly Periodical. Volume 1, 1891/1892 - Vol 5, 1895/1896, ZDB - ID 426361-3.
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