George Richard Crooks

George Richard Crooks (February 3, 1822 Philadelphia – February 20, 1897) was an American Methodist minister, writer, and educator.

Early career Crooks was born in Philadelphia, the son of George R. Crooks, Sr. and Mary M. Crooks. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1840 at the age of 18, and, according to his yearbooks, his family was then residing in Adams, Illinois. Following graduation he undertook missionary work as a circuit rider in Illinois. He soon returned to Dickinson, and in the 1841-2 Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dickinson College, Crooks is listed as "Tutor in Languages and Mathematics."

George Crooks received his A. M. degree from Dickinson College in 1843. In 1846 he was promoted to Adjunct Professor of Latin and Greek.

Family life Rev. George Crooks married Susan Frances Emory ("Fanny") of Baltimore on July 10, 1846. He wrote Life and Letters of Rev. Dr. John McClintock (1876), and Sermons of Bishop Simpson (1885).

Works co-authored or co-edited by Crooks Title Co-Author YearPublisher A First Book in Latin McClintock 1846 Harper & Bros. A First Book in Greek McClintock 1847 Harper & Bros. A New Latin-English School Lexicon Schem 1858 Lippincott Theological Encyclopedia and Methodology Hurst 1884–1894 Hunt & Eaton

Books written or edited by Crooks Title Date Publisher Bishop Butler's Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 1852 Harper & Bros. Life and letters of the Rev. John M'Clintock 1876 Nelson & Phillips Sermons by Bishop Matthew Simpson of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1885 Harper & Bros. Why Am I a Methodist. 1886 Eaton & Mains The Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1890 Harper & Bros. The Story of the Christian Church 1897 Eaton & Mains

Contributions to church and theology In 1841 entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and became a missionary in Illinois. In 1848, having returned to the ministry, he was stationed successively at Philadelphia, Wilmington, New York City, and Brooklyn. Rev. George Crooks was appointed Professor of Historical Theology at Drew Theological Seminary from 1880 until his death. According to a commemorative volume, he was seen as one of five professors "whose teaching and leadership shaped the early Drew Theological Seminary."