# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-crooke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:23.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-crooke"
name: "William Crooke"
slug: "william-crooke"
description: "William Crooke was a British orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and was educated at Erasmus Smith's Tipperary Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin."
tagline: "British orientalist (1848–1923)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1848-08-06"
deathDate: "1923-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.13
  momentum:             2.285714285714286
  historical:           3.741073333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "وليام كروك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crooke"
    title: "William Crooke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crooke"
    title: "William Crooke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வில்லியம் குரூக்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump