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===Early life===

Brooks was born in [[Norwell, Massachusetts|South Scituate, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] to Nathaniel Brooks and Rebecca Partridge (Cushing), the tenth of a family of eleven children, and born when his father was well past fifty. His father's ancestors came to North America in 1635, and his mother's belonged to the Cushings of England. He had studied in the public schools, at Assinippi Institute and at the Hanover Academy. He taught school in [[Hanover, (Massachusetts)]] and [[Rockland (Massachusetts)]] , then entered college at the beginning of the third term of his freshman year.<ref name="Phi Sigma Kappa Rand History" >{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/phisigmakappahis00rand#page/18/mode/2up | title=Phi Sigma Kappa: A History 1873 - 1923 | publisher=The Council of Phi Sigma Kappa, via The Kingsbury Print | location=Northampton, Massachusetts | author=Frank Prentice Rand | year=1923 }}</ref>

[[File:William Penn Brooks, a Founder of Phi Sigma Kappa.jpg|thumb|left|160px|William Penn Brooks at his graduation in 1875]]