Background
Brooks, William Penn was born on November 19, 1851 in S. Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing) Brooks.
Brooks, William Penn was born on November 19, 1851 in S. Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing) Brooks.
Bachelor of Science (valedictorian), Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1875, graduate student chemistry and botany, 1876. Doctor of Philosophy, Halle, 1897. Honorary degree Nogaku Hakushi, Japanese Department Education, 1919.
Professor agriculture, Imperial College of Agriculture, Japan, 1877-1888, professor botany, 1880-1888, president ad interim, 1880-1883 and 1886-1887. Professor agriculture, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1889-1908, lecturer on agriculture, 1908-1918, president ad interim, January-April, 1903, and 1905-1906. Agriculturist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experimental Station, 1889-1921, director, 1906-1918.
Consulting agriculturist, 1918-1921.
Married Eva Bancroft Hall, March 29, 1882. Children: Rachel Bancroft, Sumner Cushing.