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William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment.
- Doctor of medicine, surgeon
- Much Wenlock Church Yard
- British
William Penny Brookes (* 13. August 1809 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire; † 11. Dezember 1895 ebenda) war ein britischer Arzt, Botaniker und Sportpionier. Brookes rief 1850 in Much Wenlock die Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games ins Leben und organisierte zwischen 1866 und 1883 sieben Nationale Olympische Spiele in England.
British physician. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Coubertin. In Pierre, baron de Coubertin. …1890 Coubertin met English educator William Penny Brookes, who had organized British Olympic Games as early as 1866. Brookes introduced Coubertin to the efforts that he and others had made to resurrect the Olympic Games.
12. Apr. 2024 · William Penny Brookes (* 13. August 1809 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire; † 11. Dezember 1895 ebenda) war ein britischer Arzt, Botaniker und Sportpionier. Brookes rief 1850 in Much Wenlock die Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games ins Leben und organisierte zwischen 1866 und 1883 sieben Nationale Olympische Spiele in England. Diese ...
31. Jan. 2006 · by Ben Jeffrey, BBC News Online. Dr William Penny Brookes devoted his life to improving life for people in his home town of Much Wenlock. But it was his idea to revive the Olympian ideal that...
Biography. William Penny Brookes was the founder of the Much Wenlock Olympian Games, an early influence on the thinking of Pierre de Coubertin towards the revival of the Olympics. Brookes was a doctor who was educated at various schools in Shropshire, and began his study of medicine at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals in London in about 1827.
Brookes, William Penny ( 1809–1895 ), surgeon apothecary and campaigner for the revival of the Olympic games, was born on 13 August 1809 at 4 Wilmore Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, the first of the five children of William Brookes (1776–1830), doctor, and his wife, Mary Doughty (1786–1869).
