William Penn Brooks
American agronomist, botanist and college president (1851-1938) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86
William Penn Brooks was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a foreign advisor in Meiji era Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Brooks is remembered as one of six Founders of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in 1873.
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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1851 to 1938 · aged 86
