# William Edwin Brooks

> William Edwin Brooks was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist. He later settled in Canada where his son Allan Cyril Brooks also became an ornithologist and bird artist of repute. Brooks was a pioneer of identifying species by their calls and he described several new species, particularly warblers in collaboration with Allan Octavian Hume. Brooks's leaf warbler is named after him.

*Irish civil engineer and ornithologist (1828–1899)*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1828-07-30
- **Died:** 1899-01-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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