Cronkhite (from Dutch ''krankheid'': "illness", "disease") is an
Americanized Dutch surname.
Notable individuals with the surname:
People
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Adelbert Cronkhite (1861–1937), United States Army general
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Bernice Cronkhite Bernice Brown Cronkhite (23 July 1893 – 3 August 1983) was an educator and former dean of Radcliffe College, working there for thirty-six years. She was the first woman at Radcliffe College to earn a doctorate in political science.
Biography
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(1893–1983), American academic
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Kendal Cronkhite
Kendal Cronkhite was most recently the Production Designer for DreamWorks Animation's'' Trolls''.
She started her career in film as the assistant art director for Disney's critical and commercial success, '' The Nightmare Before Christmas''.
In ...
, American production designer
See also
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Cronkite Cronkite is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), American broadcast journalist and anchorman
* Kathy Cronkite
Kathy Cronkite (born September 5, 1950) is an American actress and mental health pr ...
, a surname
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Fort Cronkhite
Fort Cronkhite is one of the components of California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Today part of the National Park Service, Fort Cronkhite is a former US Army post that served as part of the coastal artillery defenses of the San Francisc ...
, former US Army post in California named for Major General Adelbert Cronkhite
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Surnames of Dutch origin
Americanized surnames
Surnames from nicknames