William Brooks Greenlee

William Brooks Greenlee (1872–1953) was an American scholar of Portuguese and Brazilian history. He is most famous for his biography of the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral.

William Brooks Greenlee
Born	1872 (1872) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	1953 (aged 80–81) Illinois, United States
Occupations	Author, Academic
Known for	Historical writing
Spouse	Adeline Benham Fargo Greenlee
Children	3
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Francis Millet Rogers
Academic work
Discipline	History
Website	onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha001165797

Life

He was born on 25 April 1872 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He married Adeline Benham Fargo Greenlee and had three children with her. He died in 1953 in Illinois.

Education

He studied under professor Francis Millet Rogers at Harvard University.

Career

He took up writing as a career and wrote a number of historical books on Portuguese and Brazilian history..

He was a trustee of the Newberry Library. After his death, his entire collection of books was transferred to the Newberry Library. His collection of books contains more than 200 Portuguese manuscripts, dating from 1660 to 1815.

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books:

• The Voyage Of Pedro Álvares Cabral To Brazil And India

• Bartolomeu Dias

• The Captaincy of the Second Portuguese Voyage to Brazil

• Mechanical Experiments in Geology

• A Descriptive Bibliography of the History of Portugal

• The First Half Century of Brazilian History

External links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198290786/william_brooks-greenlee
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/2508716
• https://www.google.co.in/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22William+Brooks+Greenlee%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=4
• https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha001165797
• https://app.amanote.com/v4.5.17/research/note-taking?resourceId=GKlMAnQBKQvf0BhiMz1S