Born at Peterhead, Aberdeen, but moved to the County of York, Canada as a child. His father is recorded to have 'hewn' his farm out of the forest there. Brodie took a degree in dentistry at the Dental College of Toronto, but after practising for many years, gave this up in 1903 to take charge of the Biological Department of the Provincial Museum. His interests are recorded to have ranged over all natural history subjects, but his favourite pursuit was entomology, and galls in particular. He was an omnivorous reader and had a very retentive memory so that he could recite hundreds of Scottish ballads, etc.. He had six children of which three daughters succeeded him. He published notes on various entomological subjects including Coleoptera, and with J.E. White, A Check List of Insects of the Dominion of Canada, Toronto, 1883. There are obituaries in Canadian Entomologist, 41, 1909, 377-380, and 42, 1910, 47-48; and in Report Entomological Society Ontario, 40, 1909, 129, by F. Morris. (MD 12/01)