A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE 
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gree 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 
