Education
Brooks was apprenticed to Dennis Smith, a writing-master in Castle Street, Southwark.
Brooks was apprenticed to Dennis Smith, a writing-master in Castle Street, Southwark.
He kept a day school in Burr Street, Wapping, until his death in 1741. Smith"s widow married a supposed relation of his, William Brooks, who in 1717, when only twenty-one years old, published a work entitled "A Delightful Recreation.".