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== Life and career == Born 13 June 1835, in Colchester, the eldest son of Frederick Blomfield Philbrick, Philbrick was educated at the University of London (BA 1853). He entered the Middle Temple in 1858 and was called to the bar in 1860, joining the Home Circuit. He was appointed Recorder of Colchester in 1870, a Queen's Counsel in 1874, and was elected a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1876. He was appointed a County Court Judge in 1895. He died on 25 December 1910, aged 75, in Bournemouth.
== Philately == In 1866, he acquired the collection of Georges Herpin, who in 1864, coined the word French word ''philatélie'', which evolved into "philately".<ref name=birch2>Birch, Brian. (2013) ''[http://fipliterature.org/biographies.PDF Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406023950/http://fipliterature.org/biographies.PDF |date=6 April 2016 }}''. 13th edition. Standish, Wigan: Brian Birch, p. 1227.</ref>
He was one of the founders of the "Philatelic Society, London", which later became the Royal Philatelic Society London. He was its first Vice-President and was President of the Society between 1872 and 1892.<ref name="RPSL" />
Philbrick was also an honorary member of the Fiscal Philatelic Society.
Two pseudonyms used by Philbrick in his philatelic writing were, ''An Amateur'' and ''Damus Petimusque Vicissim'' (the motto of British Guiana).<ref name=birch>Birch, Brian. ''Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers''. 9th edition. Standish, Wigan: 2008, p.1178.</ref>
He was named as one of the "fathers of philately" on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.<ref name="Butler, RDP, chap2">Arthur Ronald Butler, "The Roll and the 'Fathers of Philately'", chapter 2 of ''The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists'', The British Philatelic Federation Limited, 1990</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Publications == *''The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain'', 1881. (With W.A.S. Westoby) *"Notes on the Proofs and Essays of Great Britain" in ''Stamp Collectors Magazine'', 1868.
== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100525051404/http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho-p.htm Profile at Who Was Who in British Philately]
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