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Crook (surname)
Crook is an Old Norse surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist * Al Crook (''Alfred John Crook''; 1897–1958), American football player * Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engineer * Andrew Crook (born 1980), Australian cricketer *Anna Crook (born 1934), American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2015) * Billy Crook (other) *Carl Crook (born 1963), English amateur lightweight and professional light/light welterweight boxer * Catherine Crook de Camp (1907–2000), American science fiction author * Charles Crook (1862–1926), English teacher, trade union official and politician, Member of Parliament (1922–1923, 1924–1926) *Clive Crook (born 1953), English columnist, editor and author * Eddie Crook Jr. (1929–2005), American boxer *David Crook (1910–2000), British Marxist *David Moore Crook (1914–1944), British fighter pilot *Elizabeth Crook (born 1959), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Crook
Geoffrey David Crook (born 30 October 1978) is a former English cricketer. Crook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Crook made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2000 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. Crook played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 2000 to 2002, which included 5 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2002, he made his only List A appearance against Warwickshire in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In this match, he took 2 wickets for 43 runs from 10 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Alan Richardson. References External linksGeoffrey Crookat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...Geof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Crook
Joseph Crook (1809 - 8 December 1884) was a Liberal British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton. Joseph Crook was born in 1809 and was the eldest son of Joshua Crook. He married Mary Biggs in 1856, with whom he had at least one son. He succeeded his father as the owner of J. & J. Crook, cotton spinners and manufacturers, which was based at Spring Mills and was the second-largest employer in Bolton. Crook was elected to one of the two Bolton parliamentary seats in the general election of 1852, along with his fellow Liberal, Thomas Barnes, who polled slightly more votes. While Barnes lost his seat in 1857, Crook was again successful, being returned with the Conservative William Gray. Both Crook and Gray retained their seats in 1859, being the only two candidates, but in 1861 Crook resigned and Barnes replaced him in an unopposed election. The resignation was because he lacked time to attend to his business interests. In 1860, Crook authored and successfully proposed the Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crook (other)
John Crook may refer to: * John Crook (ethologist) (1930–2011), British ethologist and Buddhist * John Crook (conductor) (1847–1922), English conductor and composer * John Crook (politician) (1895–1970), Australian politician * John Crook (bishop) (born 1940), Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, 1999–2006 * John Crook (classicist) (1921–2007) See also *John Crooke (other) John Crooke may refer to: *John Croke or Crooke (1553–1620), Speaker of the English House of Commons * John Crooke (musician) in Jolene (band) (founded in 1995) * John Smedley Crooke (1861–1951), British politician See also *John Crook (disamb ... * John Crooks (other) {{hndis, Crook, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Crook
Jeff Crook is a novelist, author, and former technical writer for the United States Postal Service. Works Jeff Crook's first Dragonlance novel, ''The Rose and the Skull'', was published in March 1999. His other novels for the Dragonlance setting include ''The Thieves' Guild'' (2000), '' Conundrum'' (2001), and '' Dark Thane'' (2003). One of Crook's stories was also included in the 2000 Dragonlance anthology, ''Rebels and Tyrants''. His story, "The Fractal," appeared in ''Relics and Omens'', his poetry in "The Final Word," and his ''AD&D'' adventures in ''Dungeon'' Magazine. He was later the editor of ''Campaigns'', the newsletter for the Southern Realms region of the RPGA. He has also had short stories published in the anthology ''The Search for Magic: Tales from the War of Souls'' (2001), and co-authored ''Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One'' (2001). Crook also wrote short stories for the ''Sovereign Stone'' world setting. Crook co-designed the ''Dungeons & Dragons' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Crook
Jack Crook (born 15 September 1993) is an English professional basketball player, currently with Manchester Giants. Personal Crook is a pre-major in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was a member of the squad that traveled to China in late August 2012. Early years Crook began his career with Manchester Magic, and he was also named as the MVP of the Under-18 National Cup in England. After leading his team to the tournament title with 24 points and 11 rebounds in the final game. He also played for England's Division B squad at U18 European Championship in 2011 in Bulgaria. Averaging 4.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in seven games. Collegiate career Freshman season In Crook's freshman season at the Seattle University, he appeared twenty-nine games, averaging 2.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. on 5 January 2013, Crook scored a season-high eight points against San Jose State University. Sophomore season Crook appeared in all thirty games in his sophomore season, including twent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Crook
Ian Stuart Crook (born 18 January 1963) is an English football manager and former professional player. As a player, he was a midfielder who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur. before making 418 appearances for Norwich City where he notably played in the Premier League and UEFA Cup. He finished his career with spells in Japan and Australia with Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Northern Spirit. He won one cap in 1987 as an England B international. After his playing career Crook went into coaching, mostly in Australia, with Newcastle Jets and NSWIS. He was serving as manager of A-League club Sydney FC in 2012, before joining the Western Sydney Wanderers football club as Assistant Manager. In 2004 he also had a spell as national team manager of American Samoa. Club career Crook began his football career at Tottenham Hotspur signing with the club as a schoolboy in 1976. He made his debut in 1980 against Liverpool and stayed with the North London club for another six years. He found it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Crook
Howard Crook (born June 15, 1947) 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, specialising in opera. He worked in theatre and mime for a few years before becoming a professional singer after winning second prizes in the vocal competitions of Paris and 's-Hertogenbosch. He began to specialize in early music and has performed and recorded with the leading conductors; he has performed Leclair's ''Scylla et Glaucus'', Berlioz's ''Les nuits d'été'' and Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'' with John Eliot Gardiner; with Trevor Pinnock, Handel's ''Messiah'' and with Roger Norrington, Henry Purcell's ''The Fairy-Queen''. He has sung the solos in the large-scale works of Bach and the major tenor roles in most of the operas of Lully, Rameau, Haydn and Mozart. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Crook
Herbert Crook (born July 26, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. He was a standout at the University of Louisville. He was a starter on the Cardinals' 1986 national championship team and was Metro Conference player of the year as a junior. College career Crook, a 6'7" forward from Louisville, Kentucky and attended Westport High School during his freshman year and then to Eastern High School. He played at Louisville for Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum. Crook was a three-year starter, and played for Louisville's national championship team in 1986, averaging 11.8 points and 6.5 assists that year. As a junior, Crook was named Metro Conference player of the year after 16.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Crook finished his career in the top ten in a number of career statistical categories, including points, rebounds, minutes played, games played, field goals, free throws and free throw attempts. Professional career Following the completion of his college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Crook
Henry Crook (1802 – 17 August 1886) was an English first-class cricketer, active 1827–1837, who played for Nottingham Cricket Club Nottingham Cricket Club was an English cricket club which played in Nottingham during the 18th and 19th centuries. Matches have been recorded between 1771 to 1848 and the team played in 15 first-class matches between 1826 and 1848. The earliest .... References 1802 births 1886 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Nottingham Cricket Club cricketers Place of birth missing {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Crook
Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player, Victoria Davies. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships. Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her WTA Tour and Wimbledon main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering Anna Hawkins at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, with the pair overcoming Barbara Schett a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Crook
Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) 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. Hal was a professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, and has played on over 40 recordings. Some of his notable students include Esperanza Spaulding, Leo Genovese, Antonio Sanchez, Lionel Loueke, and Chris Cheek. Hal's composing and arranging credits include music for the NBC "Tonight Show" Band, WDR Radio Band (Cologne), Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Herb Pomeroy, Louis Bellson, Artie Shaw, Duke Belaire, Dick Johnson, Nick Brignola, the New England Emmy Awards, and the San Diego Pops. "Following the course of Hal Crook's improvisations is a fascinating peek into an exceptional improvisational mind, not to mention an amazing trombonist. His playing is filled with technical marvels, but clearly not just for show. He works with modern techniques of building impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
