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John Mercer Brooke

United States Navy officer (1826–1906)
Person Human Q1701065
John Mercer Brooke
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
December 18, 1826
Date of death
December 14, 1906
Place of birth
Tampa
Place of death
Lexington
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
military officer, inventor, university teacher, engineer, scientist, naval officer[13]
Educated at
United States Naval Academy[14]
Father
George Mercer Brooke[11]
Archives at
Louis Round Wilson Library[17]
Family name
Brooke[18]
Given name
John[19]
Military branch
United States Navy[16]
Place of burial
Oak Grove Cemetery[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Mercer Brooke ar جون ميرسير بروك fa جان مرسر بروک ja ジョン・ブルック ru Брук, Джон Мерсер ru Джон Мерсер Брук
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000081911308
VIAF cluster ID
1218890
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85282525
GND ID
134030516
American National Biography ID
1300199
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01139584
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134030516
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0003683
FAST ID
175592
Find a Grave memorial ID
8383821
Freebase ID
/m/0dw820
Geni profile ID
6000000075948869894
Show all 23 identifiers +11
IdRef ID
184391156
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
134030516
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5865659
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
329357239
Open Library ID
OL6648188A, OL1190103A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095529871
SBN author ID
TO0V669338
SNAC ARK ID
w62z17nw
WikiTree person ID
Brooke-2228
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtX8bBGR3rBCjYRYT67pP
Yale LUX ID
person/7472c763-9279-4c7b-bf7f-26b26f3fd577

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
scientist, engineer, military officer, inventor, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
United States Naval Academy
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Military branch 1
United States Navy
Place of birth 1
Tampa
Place of death 1
Lexington
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Mercer Brooke was born on December 18, 1826[1], in Tampa[2]. He died on December 14, 1906[3], in Lexington[4]. He worked as a military officer[5], inventor[6], university teacher[7], engineer[8], and scientist[9].

FAQs

Where was John Mercer Brooke born?

John Mercer Brooke's place of birth was Tampa[2].

Where did John Mercer Brooke die?

John Mercer Brooke passed away in Lexington[4].

Who were John Mercer Brooke's parents?

John Mercer Brooke's father was George Mercer Brooke[11].

What did John Mercer Brooke do for work?

John Mercer Brooke worked as a military officer[5], inventor[6], university teacher[7], engineer[8], and scientist[9].

Where did John Mercer Brooke go to school?

John Mercer Brooke was educated at United States Naval Academy[14].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . finding-aids.lib.unc.edu. finding-aids.lib.unc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6648188A, OL1190103A
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL1190103A, batch #290734"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → military officer, inventor, university teacher +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31727: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
  3. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Tampa
    Instance of → human
    Family name → Brooke
    Father → George Mercer Brooke
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30846: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (4)"
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