Phillips Brooks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Phillips Brooks

American clergyman and author, lyricist

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1835

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1893

Profession: writer, priest, songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23.