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William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment.
William Penny Brookes (13 de agosto de 1809 - 11 Dezembro 1895) foi um cirurgião inglês, magistrado, botânico e pedagogo que fundou a Sociedade Olímpica Wenlock em 1860, que realizou os Jogos Anuais, a primeira realizada em 1859 [1] antes da fundação da Sociedade Olímpica Wenlock.
William Penny Brookes, who had written some articles on education that attracted the Frenchman’s attention. Brookes also had tried for decades to revive the ancient Olympic Games, getting the idea from a series of modern Greek Olympiads held in Athens starting in 1859. The Greek… Read More
31 de jan. de 2006 · Father of the modern Olympics. by Ben Jeffrey, BBC News Online. Dr William Penny Brookes devoted his life to improving life for people in his home town of Much Wenlock. But it was his idea to...
The Society was founded by William Penny Brookes in 1850 as ‘Wenlock Olympian Class’ to provide “annual competitions in sports and the arts for people of every grade” – and so Wenlock Olympian Games was born. It continues today, still held in Shropshire, centred around the town of Much Wenlock.
That fellow was affectionately known as Penny Brookes; more formally, he was Dr. William Penny Brookes, the most renowned citizen of Much Wenlock—at least since the eighth century, when...
William Penny Brookes was the founder of the Much Wenlock Olympian Games, an early influence on the thinking of Pierre de Coubertin towards the revival of the Olympics.
