Anthony Derek Howell Crook, CBE, FAcSS, FRTPI, FRSA, is a British academic and emeritus professor of town and regional planning at the University of Sheffield.
Anthony Derek Howell Crook[1] graduated from the University of Bristol in 1965 with a geography degree, before completing a master of philosophy degree in town planning at University College London in 1967; he then spent two years as a research officer in the Greater London Council's Planning Department.
[2][3][4] In 1989, the University of Sheffield awarded him with a doctor of philosophy degree for his thesis "Improving private rented sector: the impact of changes in ownership and of local authority policies.
"[5] Crook became a professor of town and country planning at the University of Sheffield, where he was also head of the Department of Town Planning until 1999, when he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor (serving until 2008).
[10] The University of Sheffield awarded him with an honorary doctor of letters (LittD) degree in 2013 and in the 2014 New Year Honours, Crook was appointed a CBE "for services to housing and charitable governance".