William Brooks Greenlee

William Brooks Greenlee
Born1872 (1872)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died1953 (aged 80–81)
Illinois, United States
OccupationsAuthor, Academic
Known forHistorical writing
SpouseAdeline Benham Fargo Greenlee
Children3
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
Francis Millet Rogers
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Websiteonlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha001165797

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

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 on March 1, 1953 in Illinois.[1][2]

Education

He studied under professor Francis Millet Rogers at Harvard University.[3]

Career

He took up writing as a career and wrote a number of historical books on Portuguese and Brazilian history.[4]

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.[5]

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books:[6]

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "W.B. GREENLEE, EXECUTIVE AND AUTHOR, IS DEAD". Chicago Tribune. 2 March 1953. p. 46. Retrieved 31 July 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "List Greenlee Estate Total At 1.4 Million". Rockford Register Star. 1 July 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral to Brazil and India - Greenlee, William Brooks: 9788120610408 - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Portuguese and Brazilian History". Newberry Library. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  6. ↑
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