Background
BROOKS, Francis was born in 1861. Son of late John Brooks, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
BROOKS, Francis was born in 1861. Son of late John Brooks, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Studied at King Edward VI.’s Grammar School, Birmingham. Balliol College, Oxford (Scholar). Master of Arts.
Lecturer in Classics, University College, Bristol, 1887-1902. Professor of Classics, University College, Bristol, 1902-1910. Professor of Classics in the University of Bristol since 1910.
Club: University and Philosophic, Bristol.
Cross-country walks, the theatre, and his own variety of golf.