Oxford DNB online, Oct. 22, 2007 (Brooks, Charles William Shirley; b. Apr. 29, 1816, London; d. Feb. 23, 1874; journalist and playwright; at the start of his writing career, from 1842, Brooks signed his articles for Ainsworth's Magazine Charles W. Brooks; his second literary signature was C. Shirley Brooks, and finally he became Shirley Brooks)