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Brockett is a surname, and may refer to: * Chloe Brockett, English television personality * Don Brockett, American actor, comedian, producer and director * Jamie Brockett, New England-based folk singer * John Brockett (other), multiple people * John Trotter Brockett (1788–1842), British attorney, antiquarian, numismatist, and philologist * Lawrence Brockett (1724–1768), Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University * Roger W. Brockett Roger Ware Brockett (born October 22, 1938 in Seville, Ohio) is an American control theorist and the An Wang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, who founded thHarvard Robotics Laboratoryin 1983. Brocket ..., professor of computer science, founded the Harvard Robotics Laboratory in 1983 See also * Brocket (other) * Brackett (other) {{surname ...
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Chloe Brockett
Chloe Brockett (born 3 December 2000) is an English television personality. After moving to Chafford Hundred, Essex, at a young age, she began acting with various appearances in television advertisements. Whilst working as a hairdresser, she was cast in the ITVBe reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex'' in 2019. As well as appearing on the series, she has also made appearances on ''Dinner Date'' and ''Celebs Go Dating'', as well as owning two businesses. Life and career Brockett was born on 3 December 2000 in Newham, London. She was born a month earlier than expected to black cab driver mother Clare Brockett. Due to being born prematurely and weighing 4 lbs 4 oz, she was placed into intensive care; her mother also had pre-eclampsia during the pregnancy. Doctors thought that the birth would lead to the death of one or both of them, which Brockett has said gave the two a close relationship throughout their lives. At the age of one, Brockett and her mother moved to Chafford Hu ...
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Don Brockett
Don Brockett (January 30, 1930 – May 2, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, producer, and director from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was known for his portrayal of Chef Brockett on ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''. He had small parts in many major films including ''Flashdance'', ''Fletch Lives'', '' The Silence of the Lambs'', and '' Bob Roberts''. Don Brockett played a zombie in the 1985 George A. Romero film ''Day of the Dead''.George A. Romero in the documentary on the making of the film, The Many Days of Day of the Dead Brockett was one-half of the popular Pittsburgh comedy team, "Brockett and Barbara". He was also known for his annual comedic cinematic look at Pittsburgh, ''Forbidden Pittsburgh''. Brockett also had bit parts in the movies ''Flashdance'' and '' Houseguest'', both of which were filmed in Pittsburgh. Barely six months after the release of ''Houseguest'', Brockett died of a heart attack. Prior to his death, Brockett had been heavily involved in local char ...
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Jamie Brockett
Jaime Brockett is a New England–based folk singer. He enjoyed cult status in the 1969-early 1970s era. In the mid-to-late 1960s, he was a regular performer at many Boston, Massachusetts, clubs and coffeehouses, including the White Whale, Beverly, MA; Damaged Angel and Quest, Boston, MA; and Club 47, Cambridge, Massachusetts. On his debut album, ''Remember the Wind and the Rain'', he plays guitar, banjo, and dulcimer. Brockett was a favorite of devotees of late night progressive rock FM radio stations, particularly with his thirteen-minute-long adaptation of Lead Belly's (via Blind Lemon Jefferson) "The Titanic", rechristened ''The Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic'', co-written with Chris Smither. Brockett has released several albums over his career, including North Mountain Velvet, which has guest appearances by Ramblin' Jack Elliott and all of the members of The Seldom Scene. Brockett has lived in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Colorado, Wyoming, and Ohio, among other places. Wh ...
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Lawrence Brockett
Lawrence Brockett (13 August 1724 – 12 July 1768) was an English academic. The youngest of five sons born to Lawrence Brockett and Anne Clarke, Lawrence inherited from his parents Headlam Hall, a country house near Gainford, County Durham. The house was originally built by Henry Birkbeck, Lawrence’s maternal great great grandfather. Brockett matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1743 from Scorton Grammar School, graduating BA in 1747 and becoming a fellow of Trinity in 1749. Brockett was tutor to James Lowther (1736–1802), 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Lowther later married the daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Stuart had been tutor to King George III, and was from May 1762 to April 1763 his first appointment as prime minister. On the death of Shallet Turner in 1762, the King preferred Brockett over Thomas Gray for the post of Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University, a sinecure. Gray succeeded Brockett in this position after the latter's ...
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John Trotter Brockett
John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842), was a British attorney, antiquarian, numismatist, and philologist. Life Brockett was born at Witton Gilbert, County Durham. In his early youth his parents moved to Gateshead, and he was educated under the care of the Rev. William Turner of Newcastle. The law having been selected as his profession, he was, after the usual course of study, admitted an attorney, and practiced for many years at Newcastle, where he was respected as an able and eloquent advocate in the mayor's and sheriff's courts, and a sound lawyer in the branches of his profession which deal with tenures and conveyancing. He was a man of refined tastes, and a close student of numismatics and of English antiquities and philology. He made considerable collections of books and coins and medals, in 1820 by Mr Sotheby over 15 days with 1715 lots, the sale was held at Wellington St, The Strand. The choice library and cabinets which he had formed up to that time were dispersed by auctio ...
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John Brockett (other)
John Brocket or Brockett may refer to: *Sir John Brocket (died 1558) (1523–1558), English MP for Hertfordshire, 1553, 1555 *Sir John Brocket (died 1598) (1540–1598), son of the above, English MP for Hertfordshire, 1572 *John Brockett (American colonist) (1611–1690), American colonist *John Trotter Brockett John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842), was a British attorney, antiquarian, numismatist, and philologist. Life Brockett was born at Witton Gilbert, County Durham. In his early youth his parents moved to Gateshead, and he was educated under the care o ...
(1788–1842), English antiquary {{hndis, Brockett, John ...
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Brocket (other)
Brocket may refer to: *Baron Brocket, British peerage title *Brocket deer, members of the genus ''Mazama'' *Brocket, Alberta, community on the Peigan reserve in Canada *Brocket, North Dakota, city in USA *Edward Brocket, MP *John Brocket (other), various people *Brocket 99, controversial audio tape and a documentary about this tape *Brocket Hall Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate is equipped with two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart fr ..., palladian country house in Hertfordshire, England See also * Brockett {{disambiguation ...
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Roger W
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double e ...
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