Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks was an American writer, hymnwriter, anglican priest, theologian, bishop and librettist (1835–1893). He was born at Boston.

Phillips Brooks in brief

Born
1835
Died
1893
Known for
writer, hymnwriter, anglican priest, theologian, bishop and librettist
Place of birth
Boston
Contents

Catalogued works

47 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1818 to 1997.

O Little Town of Bethlehem, dated 1868. Lectures on preaching. Ein Ruf in die Höhe. Christmas once is Christmas still ... Groton school hymn. Conférences sur la prédication. Sermons preached previous to 1879. The living Christ. Addresses. The candle of the Lord and other sermons. The priesthood. A facsimile of a few words spoken by Phillips Brooks at the time of the death of James Freeman Clarke. Thought and action. A Xmas sermon. Diocese of Massachusetts. The glories thereof, purporting to be automatically written by Philip Brooks through Helen Wells. The candle of the Lord. Brilliants from the writings of the Right Reverend Phillips Brooks. Boodschap en getuigenis. Sermons preached in English churches. Literature and life. An Easter carol. Baptism and confirmation. The light of the world. The life with God. Pansies from Phillips Brooks. Siegeskraft. Poems. The living church. Addresses by Phillips Brooks. Sermons. Letters of travel. Visions and tasks. Twenty sermons. Alexander Hamilton Vinton. The influence of Jesus. A Christmas carol. John Phillip in his Studio, dated ca. 1865, hand-colored lithograph, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 49.40.75. Photo Credit: Bob Brooks, 1966, dated 1997, silver dye bleach transparency in lightbox, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1999.564. Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS, in interview with Max Blythe. Interview 2., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS, in interview with Max Blythe. Interview 6., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS, in interview with Max Blythe. Interview 4., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS, in interview with Max Blythe. Interview 5., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS, in interview with Max Blythe. Interview 3., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Joshua Brookes. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1818, after T. Phillips., dated 1818, held by Wellcome Collection. Joshua Brookes.Stipple engraving by H. Cook after T. Phillips., held by Wellcome Collection. A familiar introduction to crystallography; including an explanation of the principle and use of the goniometer / With an appendix, containing the mathematical relations of crystals; rules for drawing their figures; and an alphabetical arrangement of minerals, their synonymes, and primary forms. Illustrated by nearly 400 engravings on wood. By Henry James Brooke., dated 1823, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 68 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Brooks, Phillips, Religion Past and Present. Phillips Brooks, 2001. Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893), preacher and Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, American National Biography Online, 2000. Brooks, Phillips (1835–1893), Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism, 2015. <i>The Phillips Exeter Lectures. Biography</i>. Phillips Brooks, The School Review, 1894.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1171263015). Those registers additionally record the forms Harvard University. Phillips Brooks House Association and Brooks House Association.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Visions and Tasks, and other Sermons (1886) — Internet Archive. Sermons Preached in English Churches (1883) — Internet Archive. The Light of the World: And Other Sermons (1890) — Internet Archive. seeking life and other sermons (1904) — Internet Archive. sermons (1893) — Internet Archive. The law of growth and other sermons (1902) — Internet Archive. The Law of Growth (1902) — Internet Archive. lectures on preaching delivered before the divinity school of yale college in january and february 1877 (1907) — Internet Archive. The Candle of the Lord and Other Sermons (1881) — Internet Archive. Good Cheer for a Year (1896) — Internet Archive. Addresses by the Right Reverend Phillips Brooks — Project Gutenberg. Heart's-ease — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1835Phillips Brooks born at Boston.
  2. 1868O Little Town of Bethlehem.
  3. 1883Sermons Preached in English Churches digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1886Visions and Tasks, and other Sermons digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1890The Light of the World: And Other Sermons digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1893Phillips Brooks died at Boston.
  7. 1893sermons digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1902The law of growth and other sermons digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1904seeking life and other sermons digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>The Phillips Exeter Lectures. Biography</i>. Phillips Brooks, The School Review, 1894

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Brooks, Phillips (1835-1893), preacher and Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Brooks, Phillips (1835–1893), Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Brooks, Phillips, Religion Past and Present

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Phillips Brooks (Internet Archive), 126 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Phillips Brooks, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1171263015, Phillips Brooks House Association.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 149 digitised items catalogued under Phillips Brooks as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Project Gutenberg holds 2 full texts attributed to Phillips Brooks.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Phillips Brooks.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  11. 11.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Phillips Brooks (2 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  12. 12.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 68 works naming Phillips Brooks.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  13. 13.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q974734: Phillips Brooks

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  14. 14.

    “Phillips Brooks”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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