Researching William Crookes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1307 people with the Crookes surname? In that year Crookes was ranked number 2322 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Crookes on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Crookes and the Crookes Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Crookes Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Crookes family tree.
Look at Parish Records for William Crookes at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Crookes using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1865 people with the Crookes surname in the UK? Crookes is now ranked number 2431 for popularity in the UK. |
Crookes Family Tree Databases
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Crookes Forums
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Miscellaneous Crookes Databases
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Some Famous People called William Crookes
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes ( 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. He was also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected. Crookes also invented a 100% ultraviolet blocking sunglass lens. For a time, he was interested in spiritualism and became president of the Society for Psychical Research.
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