- Allan Brooks
Allan Cyril Brooks (February 15, 1869
Etawah - January 3, 1946) was anornithologist and bird artist who lived in Canada.He went to school in England (1873-1881) and studied the bird life of the Northumberland moors. He interacted with
Henry Seebohm and learnt egg-collection and butterfly collection from John Hancock. He later studied the birds of Ontario where his fatherWilliam Edwin Brooks had settled to a farming life. His father named him after his close friend and ornithological associateAllan Octavian Hume .He became a distinguished bird artist and illustrated Taverner's "Birds of Western Canada" (1926) and "Birds of Canada" (1934).
He was also recruited during the war and served with the
7th Canadian Infantry Battalion . He was awarded with a Distinguished Service Order.References
* Marjorie Brooks, 1938. Allan Brooks: A Biography. The Condor 40(1):12-17
* Laing, H. M. Allan Brooks 1896-1946. The Auk 64 [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v064n03/p0430-p0444.pdf Article in the Auk]External links
* [http://www.comoxmuseum.ca/history/brooks.html Comox Archives and Museum]
* [http://www.galleries.bc.ca/vernon/permcol/bios/abbio.asp Vernon Public Art Gallery]
* [http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/thomp-ok/allan_books/major-allan.html "Major Allan Brooks of Okanagan Landing" by Jean Webber, Royal British Columbia Museum "Living Landscapes" project]
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