William Keith Brooks
1848–1908
American zoologist. BA, Williams College, 1870; PhD, Harvard, 1875. When Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, he became one of the first fellows and an associate in biology. Associate professor of morphology, Johns Hopkins, 1883; professor, 1889; head of the biology department, 1894–1908. A descriptive evolutionary morphologist; specialised in marine invertebrates, especially oysters.
Source
ANB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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