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unusual facts about Brooker's merocyanine


Solvatochromism

Examples of negative solvatochromism are 4-(4'-hydroxystyryl)-N-methylpyridinium iodide, which is red in 1-propanol, orange in methanol, and yellow in water.


Autocode

Brooker also developed an autocode for the Ferranti Mercury in the 1950s in conjunction with the University of Manchester.

Bertram Brooker

Born in Croydon, England, to Richard Brooker and Mary Ann (Skinner) Brooker, he moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1905 with his family.

In 1936, Brooker's novel Think of the Earth (1936) became the first work to win the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

Brooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels

Brooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels was the first successful African American blackface minstrel troupe.

Focke-Wulf Ta 152

After attacking a train near Ludwigslust, the section split up into pairs; Wing Commander Brooker ordered the Tempests flown by Flying Officer S.J. Short and Warrant Officer Owen J. Mitchell to make their own way back to base.

Fred Goss

He also starred in the short-lived ABC comedy Sons & Daughters portraying the character Cameron Walker, and starred as Gracen Brooker, in the ABC comedy Carpoolers.

Lampton Avenue, Hobart

The Road Starts at Goodwood, Tasmania and continues through the traffic lights intersection on the Brooker Highway.

Laura Dean

Dean has created ballets including two works for The Royal Danish Ballet with the first work DELTA with a commissioned orchestral score from the composer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, The New York City Ballet SPACE with an orchestral score The Four Sections by Steve Reich, eight ballets for The Joffrey Ballet including CREATIVE FORCE with a commissioned score Ray One by John Zeretzke.

Scott Brooker

Brooker is currently part of "Puppet Shack", a small organisation of puppet professionals (including Nigel Plaskitt, Guy Stevens, Paul Jomain and Jonathan Saville), who have worked for many TV, film and theatre productions.

Brooker has also designed many theatre productions, most notably David Wood's "Guess How Much I Love You".

Terry Wiles

He met Hazel (neé Brooker) (1931-2013) and Leonard George Wiles (1911–1995) at Chailey Hospital in Sussex in October 1967, and after initial opposition from his birth mother and Social Services, Leonard and Hazel were able to adopt the young Andrew.

The Paramounts

Brooker concentrated on writing music, collaborating with Keith Reid, and Matthew Fisher (organ), and they recorded "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

The Spirit of Nøkken

#"A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Brooker/Fisher/Reid) - 6.08 recorded at St Petersburg and featuring the Russian Anthem

Todd Brooker

A younger member of the Crazy Canucks (Canada's downhill team) of the early 1980s Brooker won two World Cup downhill races at (Kitzbühel & Aspen) in 1983 finishing ninth in the season's overall downhill standings.

Tommy Brooker

On September 8, 1963, in the Chiefs’ inaugural game since moving from Dallas, Brooker converted eight extra points in a 59-7 victory over the Denver Broncos.

TVGoHome

It was written by Brooker, among others, and directed by Tristram Shapeero, who also directed the controversial Brass Eye special on paedophilia.


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