# David Crook

> David Crook was a British communist who spent most of his life teaching in China. A committed Marxist from 1931, he joined the International Brigades to fight against the Spanish nationalists in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). After being wounded in combat, he was recruited by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, and was sent to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). There he met and married his wife, Isabel, a teacher and social activist. Following the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War, the couple stayed in China and taught English.

*British activist and spy (1910-2000)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/david-crook

## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1910-08-14
- **Died:** 2000-11-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

David Crook was a British communist who spent most of his life teaching in China. A committed Marxist from 1931, he joined the International Brigades to fight against the Spanish nationalists in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). After being wounded in combat, he was recruited by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, and was sent to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). There he met and married his wife, Isabel, a teacher and social activist. Following the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War, the couple stayed in China and taught English.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.1

## Sources
- [David Crook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crook)
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- [大卫·柯鲁克](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%8D%AB%C2%B7%E6%9F%AF%E9%B2%81%E5%85%8B)
- [ديفيد كروك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232680)

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