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伊莎白·柯鲁克Isabel Crook

著名国际友人,新中国英语教学事业的拓荒者。

1915年出生于中国成都一个加拿大传教士家庭。伊莎白的童年和少女时代,有一半光阴在中国度过。成年后,回到加拿大多伦多大学求学,获得文学学士和心理学硕士学位,之后又获得伦敦政治经济学院人类学博士学位(师从雷蒙德·弗思教授)。

1947年夏,她与丈夫戴维·柯鲁克(著名的国际共产主义战士)赴冀豫之交的武安县西部山区十里店村开展社会调查。任务结束后,他们应邀前往石家庄外语训练班(北京外国语大学的前身)教授英语,并决定留在中国。

2007年获得北京外国语大学授予的“终身荣誉教授”称号。

2008年被加拿大多伦多大学授予终身名誉博士学位。

2016年被中国政府授予“十大功勋外教”荣誉称号。

2018年获得 “改革开放40周年最具影响力的外国专家”荣誉称号。

20196月获得“重庆市璧山区荣誉市民”称号。

20199月国家主席习近平签署主席令,授予伊莎白·柯鲁克“友谊勋章”。

201912月北京环球英才交流促进会授予伊莎白·柯鲁克“环球英才功勋人物”荣誉称号。


Famous international friend, pioneer of English teaching in New China.

Born in Chengdu, China in 1915, Isabel grew up in a Canadian missionary family. Half of Isabel's childhood time was spent in China. After returning to adulthood, she returned to the University of Toronto, to study, obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters degree in Psychology, later she received a PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (under Professor Raymond Furth).

In the summer of 1947, she and her husband David Crook (a famous international communist fighter) went to Shilidian Village in the western mountainous area of Wu'an County, at the turn of Hebei and Henan, to conduct a social investigation. After the mission, they were invited to teach English in Shijiazhuang Foreign Language Training Course (the predecessor of Beijing Foreign Studies University) and decided to stay in China.

In 2007, she was awarded the title of "Life-long Honorary Professor" by Beijing Foreign Studies University.

In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Toronto, Canada.

In 2016, she was awarded the honorary title of "Ten Merit Foreign Teachers" by the Chinese government.

In 2018, she won the honorary title of "the most influential foreign expert in the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up".

In June 2019, she become an honorary citizen of Bishan District, Chongqing.

In September 2019, President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree granting Isabel Crook the "medal of friendship".

In December 2019, she was awarded the "Global Achievement Award" by Beijing Global Talent Exchange Promotion Association.