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Born: 8/21/1876, Died: 1/22/1900 Although Arthur Spayd Brooke had only attained the position of draftsman when he died at age 23 from typhoid fever, he will forever be remembered in Philadelphia architectural circles for a memorial scholarship established in his name to enable young architects to visit Europe. A native of Reading, PA, Brooke was the son of physician John Bowyer Brooke and Maria Wharton (Morris) Brooke. He had achieved some measure of distinction while pursuing his B. S. in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. During his sophomore year, he was awarded the T-Square Club's prize membership; and at the time of his graduation in 1897, he was the class poet. For the term of 1899/1900, he served as secretary on the Executive Committee of the T-Square Club. Following his death, the Club dedicated its 1900/01 Exhibition Catalog to him, and held a special meeting in his honor on January 25, 1900.Ironically, the poem which he composed for Class Day at the University of Pennsylvania, and which was partially reprinted for the T-Square Club memorial exhibition catalog (1900/01) declared: "For our little life has passed like fairy spell, Ever, ever are we parted, And we leave thee heavy hearted; With one glance, intense and longing, bid the old sweet life farewell." In his honor the Arthur Spayd Brook Gold Medal was established at the University of Pennsylvania in 1900 and remains a much-valued honor today.
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![[Summer Sketch] (Arthur S. Brooke, c. 1897) <I>AIA/T-Square Yearbook</I>,
p. 82
(1896)](/pab/iiif.cfm/F8EA98A3-B2A6-4989-88940D57DBE4C7E7/full/400,/0/default.jpg)