Background
BROOK, D. was born on September 27, 1854 in Elland. Father, a woollen manufacturer.
BROOK, D. was born on September 27, 1854 in Elland. Father, a woollen manufacturer.
Studied at Crossley and Porter Schools, Halifax. Owens College, Manchester. Free Methodist College, Manchester.
Oxford University.
Master of Arts. Doctor of Civil Law (Oxfordshire.).
At Oxford he graduated in Arts and also in Civil Law. He is the only Nonconformist minister possessing the Oxford Doctorate.C.L;, the qualifying thesis being “ The Influence of Christianity on Roman Law ”. Has had churches in London, Oxford, Liverpool, Todmorden, Bristol, at present pastor of Duke Street United Methodist Church, Southport.
He has also rendered conspicuous service to his church as Secretary to the Twentieth Centiuy Fund,raising over 100,000 guineas.
ExPresident, the United Methodist Free Churches. Ex-President National Council of Free Churches.