William Penn Brooks | |
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 William P. Brooks, circa 1905. | |
| President of the Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University) | |
| In office 1880–1883, 1886 – 1887 | |
| President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst) | |
| In office 1905–1906 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 19, 1851 Scituate, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1938 (aged 86) Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Bancroft Hall (1882-1924) Grace L. Holden (1927-1938) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Agricultural College |
| Occupation | Agronomist, botanist, professor of agriculture |
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William Penn Brooks (November 19, 1851 – March 8, 1938) was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Brooks is remembered as one of six Founders of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in 1873.