# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-brookes
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:42:39.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-brookes"
name: "Herbert Brookes"
slug: "herbert-brookes"
description: "Herbert Robinson Brookes was an Australian businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. He inherited substantial holdings from his father, and served as president of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures. He was involved in numerous charities, and was a major benefactor to the University of Melbourne, his alma mater. Brookes also filled various governmental positions, serving on the Board of Trade, the Tariff Board, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and briefly as the first Commissioner-General to the United States."
tagline: "Australian businessman, philanthropist, and political activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herbert_Brookes_-_Falk_Studios_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1867-12-20"
deathDate: "1963-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.19
  momentum:             3.088235294117647
  historical:           3.069870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Brookes"
    title: "Herbert Brookes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%84%D5%BD"
    title: "Հերբերտ Բրուքս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Брукс, Герберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24040995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations