The Search Engine Google is showing this Doodle in few Countries for the Sir William Henry Perkin’s 180th Birthday. Sir William Henry Perkin was a British chemist best known for his accidental discovery of the first aniline dye: the purple mauveine. Though failing in trying to synthesise quinine for the treatment of malaria, he became successful in the field of dyes after his discovery at the age of 18. As an 18-year-old laboratory assistant, Perkin was cleaning out dark muck from a beaker after a failed experiment, when he noticed that the substance left a vivid purple stain when diluted with alcohol. Following his discovery, he focused on the patenting, manufacturing, and commercialization of this purple dye, which he named “mauveine.” Perkin's timing was remarkable as the textile industry was at a high. Purple clothing was very much in style, but prohibitively expensive for most, not to mention quick to fade. Perkin’s strong and inexpensively produced mauveine finally made this once-exclusive color readily accessible, igniting a violet fashion frenzy. Even Queen Victoria herself wore a mauveine-dyed gown to the Royal Exhibition of 1862. Read more detailsSir William Henry Perkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Perkin See Sir William Henry Perkin’s 180th Birthday Google Doodle at https://www.google.com/doodles/sir-william-henry-perkins-180th-birthday ************************************************** Book about Sir William Henry Perkin: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield http://amzn.to/2Fyst9M ************************************************** Twitter: https://twitter.com/rajamanickam_a Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/rajamanickamantonimuthu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qualitypoint/ **************************************************