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Arthur Carleton Crooke

Born  1905
Died  1990

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British endocrinologist and pathologist, born May 9, 1905, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire; died 1990.

Biography of Arthur Carleton Crooke

Arthur Carleton Crooke was consultant endocronologist at the Women's Hospital in Birmingham, England.

We thank Christopher Crooke (son of) and Hanspeter Witschi, MD for information used.

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