Crook, John Hurrell

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John Crook was born on 27 November, 1930. He studied Zoology at the University of Southampton, and earned his PhD at Cambridge from 1955 - 1958 with a study of Weaver Birds. He spent a great deal of time in the field as a research scientist, working on Weaver birds in India and the Seychelles to complete a monograph of that avian family. Dr. Crook also conducted extensive research on the biology of mammals and some on fish. He studied many primates of Africa, including the Ethiopian Gelada baboon. From the early 1960s Dr. Crook was reader in Ethology at the University of Bristol's Psychology Department. Now retired, he continues to work on his interests as a scholar of Zen Buddhism, including leading expeditions into the Himalayas and Ladakh.

From the guide to the John Hurrell Crook Papers, 1952 - 1997, (University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections)

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referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf John Hurrell Crook Papers, 1952 - 1997 University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections
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associatedWith Aldrich-Blake Pelham fl. 1950s - 1960 person
associatedWith Crook John Hurrell b. 1930 person
associatedWith Hall Kenneth Ronald Lambert 1917-1965 person
correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
associatedWith Sokolov Vladimir fl. 1970 person
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Nepal
Seychelles
Morocco
Ethiopia
Ghana
Uganda
McMaster University
Somalia
Kenya
Ladakh
Makerere University
Tibet
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Birth 1930-11-27

Death 2011-07-15

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