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John Baguley Brooks

ジョン・バグーリー・ブルックス

Jon Bagūrī Burukkusu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1856-04-07 (Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire)
Died
1886-03-08 (Eaton Place, London) age 29
Nationality
United Kingdom, England
Languages
English
Religion
Church of England
Residence History
Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire → Eaton Place, London

Career

Occupations
lawyer, politician, Justice of the Peace
Active Years
1877-1886
Affiliations
Inner Temple, J.P. for Cheshire, J.P. for Berkshire

Education

Harrow School
Country: England
Merton College, Oxford
School of History and Political Economy
Degree: honours
Country: England
Won Newdigate Prize in 1877

Awards

Newdigate Prize
1877
Work: Award-winning poem (title unknown)
Category: poetry
Organization: University of Oxford
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • congestion of the lungs
    1886年3月3日 - 8日
    Cause of death

Legacy

Poet who won the Newdigate Prize at Oxford University, barrister at Inner Temple, and Conservative politician elected MP for Altrincham in the 1885 general election, but died suddenly at age 29 in 1886 from congestion of the lungs.

Trivia

  • Succeeded in the Altrincham seat by his uncle William Cunliffe Brooks.