William Brooks

(1786-1867)

LBT ID: WiBrook1867	B/BAP: 1786 DIED: 1867-12-11
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1868) 254-55; Howard Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (1995) 165
English architect and social reformer who designed the London Institution; he was the father of Shirley Brooks of Punch.
REFERENCES TO William 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