A little "BS" with "BS" - Comments on comets and the Grand Solar minimum (GSM) Dr. William Robert Brooks was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons.
He was born in Maidstone, England, the son of a Baptist minister who emigrated to Marion, New York.
Son of Rev.
William and Caroline Brooks