Richard "Brookes" Brooke (14 January 1927 – 29 June 2020) was an explorer and Royal Naval surveyor whose achievements included spending two winters on the British NorthâÂÂEast Greenland Expedition (1952âÂÂ1954) and participating in Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) (1956âÂÂ1958). During the TAE he became the first person to ascend a peak (Mount Huggins) in the Royal Society Range and walked the 1600 km between Mawson Glacier and Mulock Glacier.
He was also a licensed lay reader in the Church of England in Bath, Somerset.
He died on 29 June 2020 at the age of 93.