Charles William Shirley Brooks

(1816-1880)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brooks, Shirley, 1816-1874 NRA: Brooks Charles William Shirley (1816-1874) Editor of Punch DNB: Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816–1874), journalist and playwright LBT ID: ShBrook1874 VIAF ID: 39422726 LOC ID: n79033017	B/BAP: 1816-04-29 DIED: 1880-05-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the architect William Brooks, he was a journalist and playwright who contributed to Punch and Ainsworth's Magazine.
REFERENCES TO Charles William Shirley Brooks: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 22 Chapter XII Found 1: ¶ 22