David Brewster
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 156 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 11,1781 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Jedburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | February 10,1868 |
| Died | Gattonside |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Margaret Maria Gordon |
| David Edward Brewster | |
| Henry Craigie Brewster | |
| Charles Macpherson | |
| Constance Marion Brewster | |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Royal Medal | |
| Rumford Medal | |
| Keith Medal | |
| Known for | Physical optics, Brewster's angle, photoelasticity, stereoscope, kaleidoscope |
| Parents | James Brewster |
| Margaret Key | |
| Grandchildren | Vere Constance Brewster Hope |
| Edith Brewster-Macpherson | |
| Spouse | Juliet Macpherson |
| On view | J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Edited works | On an Artificial Substance Resembling Shell |
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| ID | 509697 |
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart
The martyrs of science
A treatise on optics
More worlds than one
The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education
The History of Free Masonry Drawn from Authentic Sources of Information: With an Account of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, from Its Institution in 1736, to the Present Time, Compiled from the Records, and an Appendix of Original Papers
A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope
An Appeal to Philosophers, by Name, on the Demonstration of Vision in the Brain: And Against the Attack by Sir David Brewster on the Rationale of Cerebral Vision
The Heart's Grown Brutal
A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments, for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences: With Experiments on Light and Colours
A Treatise on Magnetism
On the Life- Boat, the Lightning Conductor, and the Lighthouse
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Conducted by David Brewster, with the Assistance of Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature
The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, the Great Philosopher, Rev. and Edited by W. T. Lynn
Brewster and Wheatstone on Vision
Edinburgh Ency
The Stereoscope; Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education Volume 2
Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart
The martyrs of science
A treatise on optics
More worlds than one
The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education
The History of Free Masonry Drawn from Authentic Sources of Information: With an Account of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, from Its Institution in 1736, to the Present Time, Compiled from the Records, and an Appendix of Original Papers
A Treatise on the Kaleidoscope
An Appeal to Philosophers, by Name, on the Demonstration of Vision in the Brain: And Against the Attack by Sir David Brewster on the Rationale of Cerebral Vision
The Heart's Grown Brutal
A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments, for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences: With Experiments on Light and Colours
A Treatise on Magnetism
On the Life- Boat, the Lightning Conductor, and the Lighthouse
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Conducted by David Brewster, with the Assistance of Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature
The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, the Great Philosopher, Rev. and Edited by W. T. Lynn
Brewster and Wheatstone on Vision
Edinburgh Ency
The Stereoscope; Its History, Theory, and Construction, with Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts and to Education Volume 2
David Brewster Life story
Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA Scot FSSA MICE was a British scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle.
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