William Edwin Brooks
Irish civil engineer and ornithologist (1828-1899) · Ireland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 70
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.
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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.
