William Keith Brooks (1848–1908)

American zoologist. BA, Williams College, 1870; PhD, Harvard, 1875. When Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, he became one of the first fellows and an associate in biology. Associate professor of morphology, Johns Hopkins, 1883; professor, 1889; head of the biology department, 1894–1908. A descriptive evolutionary morphologist; specialised in marine invertebrates, especially oysters.