William Crooks (Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England 12 April 1908 – Gisborne, New Zealand, December 1986), known as Bill Crooks was manager of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Ngatapa, Gisborne, from 1967-1974. For the previous forty years he was the assistant of William Douglas Cook, founder of the arboretum.
Read more about Bill Crooks: England, Flock House, Eastwoodhill, Douglas Cook, Marriage and Children, Establishing An Arboretum, H. B. (Bill) Williams
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