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William Penn Brooks (1851-1938) was born in South Scituate, Mass. to Nathaniel Brooks and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing). |
William Penn Brooks (1851-1938) was born in South Scituate, Mass. to Nathaniel Brooks and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing). |
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He was valedictorian of the Massachusetts Agricultural College class of 1875. After a year of graduate study, Brooks was hired as a teacher for [[Sapporo Agricultural College]], whose head teacher at that time was Brooks'former professor, [[William Smith Clark]]. Brooks arrived in [[Hokkaido]] early in 1877, shortly after Clark had left the school and only a few months before the Japanese government crushed the [[Satsuma rebellion]], the last opposition to its policy of modernization. |
He was valedictorian of the [[Massachusetts Agricultural College]] class of 1875. After a year of graduate study, Brooks was hired as a teacher for [[Sapporo Agricultural College]], whose head teacher at that time was Brooks'former professor, [[William Smith Clark]]. Brooks arrived in [[Hokkaido]] early in 1877, shortly after Clark had left the school and only a few months before the Japanese government crushed the [[Satsuma rebellion]], the last opposition to its policy of modernization. |
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Brooks was in charge of preparing and overseeing an experimental farm, identifying profitable crops for the northern Japanese climate and teaching courses in botany and agricultural science. He stressed both the theoretical and practical in his classes. Students were assigned six hours of field work a week and paid by the hour. During his time in Japan he served twice as acting president of SAC (in Japanese "head teacher"). In 1882, Brooks traveled home on leave and married. His wife, [[Eva Bancroft Hall Brooks]] returned with him to live in Sapporo until his contract expired in 1888. During this time they had two children [[Rachel Bancroft Brooks]] and [[Sumner Cushing Brooks]]. |
Brooks was in charge of preparing and overseeing an experimental farm, identifying profitable crops for the northern Japanese climate and teaching courses in botany and agricultural science. He stressed both the theoretical and practical in his classes. Students were assigned six hours of field work a week and paid by the hour. During his time in Japan he served twice as acting president of SAC (in Japanese "head teacher"). In 1882, Brooks traveled home on leave and married. His wife, [[Eva Bancroft Hall Brooks]] returned with him to live in [[Sapporo]] until his contract expired in 1888. During this time they had two children [[Rachel Bancroft Brooks]] and [[Sumner Cushing Brooks]]. |
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Brooks returned to the United States, accepted a position at Massachusetts Agricultural College, and continued graduate study at the [[University of Halle]], earning his doctorate. He was active in the [[Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station]] until his retirement in 1921. After his wife died (1924) he married Grace L. Holden in 1927 at the age of seventy-six. He died in Amherst in 1938.<ref>William Penn Brooks Papers, Special Collections & University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst. Available at http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/digital/brooks.htm</ref> |
Brooks returned to the United States, accepted a position at [[Massachusetts Agricultural College]], and continued graduate study at the [[University of Halle]], earning his doctorate. He was active in the [[Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station]] until his retirement in 1921. After his wife died (1924) he married Grace L. Holden in 1927 at the age of seventy-six. He died in Amherst in 1938.<ref>William Penn Brooks Papers, Special Collections & University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst. Available at http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/digital/brooks.htm</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:58, 13 August 2009
William Penn Brooks (1851-1938) was born in South Scituate, Mass. to Nathaniel Brooks and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing).
He was valedictorian of the Massachusetts Agricultural College class of 1875. After a year of graduate study, Brooks was hired as a teacher for Sapporo Agricultural College, whose head teacher at that time was Brooks'former professor, William Smith Clark. Brooks arrived in Hokkaido early in 1877, shortly after Clark had left the school and only a few months before the Japanese government crushed the Satsuma rebellion, the last opposition to its policy of modernization.
Brooks was in charge of preparing and overseeing an experimental farm, identifying profitable crops for the northern Japanese climate and teaching courses in botany and agricultural science. He stressed both the theoretical and practical in his classes. Students were assigned six hours of field work a week and paid by the hour. During his time in Japan he served twice as acting president of SAC (in Japanese "head teacher"). In 1882, Brooks traveled home on leave and married. His wife, Eva Bancroft Hall Brooks returned with him to live in Sapporo until his contract expired in 1888. During this time they had two children Rachel Bancroft Brooks and Sumner Cushing Brooks.
Brooks returned to the United States, accepted a position at Massachusetts Agricultural College, and continued graduate study at the University of Halle, earning his doctorate. He was active in the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station until his retirement in 1921. After his wife died (1924) he married Grace L. Holden in 1927 at the age of seventy-six. He died in Amherst in 1938.[1]
- ^ William Penn Brooks Papers, Special Collections & University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst. Available at http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/digital/brooks.htm