Background
Brooks, Phillips was born on December 13, 1835 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William G. and Mary A. (Phillips) Brooks.
Brooks, Phillips was born on December 13, 1835 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William G. and Mary A. (Phillips) Brooks.
Graduated from Harvard, 1855. Studied Episcopal Sem.
Clergyman, Church of Advent, Philadelphia, 1859-1862, Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 1862-1869, Trinity Church, Boston, 1869-1891.
Author: The Influence of Jesus, 1879. The Candle of the Lord, 1881. The Light of the World, 1890.New Starts in Life, 1896. Others
also verses to Redner’s O Little Town of Bethlehem, 1865.
Member English royal family (Queen Victoria), 1880.