A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE 6 



o-ree of LL.D. from Williams College in 1893, from Hobart College 

 in 1899, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906. For 

 his discoveries on the life history of the American oyster he was 

 awarded the medal of the Societe d'Acclimatation of Paris, and 

 for his work on the Stomatopoda, a Challenger medal. He was 

 editor of the "Memoirs from the Biological Laboratory" of the 

 Johns Hopkins University, joint editor of the " Studies from the 

 Biological Laboratory" of the Johns Hopkins University, and 

 one of the editors of the Journal of Experimental Zoology. He 

 was a member of the Boston Society of Natural History, the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Society 

 of Zoologists, and of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, and was 

 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science and of the Royal Microscopical Society. 



On June 13, 1878, Professor Brooks married Amelia Katherine 

 Schultz (deceased 1901), daughter of Edward Thomas Schultz, 

 and Susan Rebecca (Martin) Schultz of Baltimore. Two chil- 

 dren were born, Charles Edward Brooks and Mrs. Menetta 

 White (Brooks) Daniel, both of whom survive him. 



A congenital defect of the heart had always caused Professor 

 Brooks to lead a less active life physically than do most men, 

 and to this trouble other bodily ills were added as life advanced. 

 After a continuous prostrating illness of nine months he died 

 at his home "Brightside," near Baltimore, November 12, 1908. 



As a stimulating teacher, an ardent and successful investigator, 

 and a philosophic naturalist, the influence of Brooks on the de- 

 velopment of zoology in this country has been very great. His 

 students are scattered widely in college and university, in muse- 

 ums, and scientific stations in this country and abroad, and many 

 have become eminent in their own fields of work. His discover- 

 ies, numerous and important, have enriched zoology and have 

 been incorporated into the permanent literature of that science. 

 Certain of his memoirs are models of completeness and beauty. 

 His brilliant and thorough work on the oyster fisheries of Mary- 

 land has made his name familiar to economists and to intelligent 

 legislators. In an age perhaps over-eager in the pursuit of new 

 knowledge Brooks has called attention back to the fundamental 



