Henry James Brooke (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henry James Brooke (1771-1857), was an English crystallographer. Brooke was the son of a broadcloth manufacturer, born in Exeter on 25 May 1771, studied for the bar, but went into business in the Spanish wool trade, South American mining companies, and the London Life Assurance Association successively. He devoted his leisure hours to mineralogy, geology, and botany. His large collections of shells and of minerals were presented to the university of Cambridge, while a portion of his valuable collection of engravings was given by him to the British Museum.