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Brewster, David, 1781-1868

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Personal name headingBrewster, David, 1781-1868
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Variant(s)Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868
Birth date17811211
Death date18680210
Place of birthJedburgh, Scotland
Profession or occupationPhysicist Mathematician Astronomer
Found inBrewster and Wheatstone on vision, 1983: t.p. (Brewster) p. 1 (Sir David Brewster, 1781-1868)
The kaleidoscope, its history, theory and construction with its application to the fine and useful arts, 1858: t.p. (David Brewster)
Wikipedia, Sept. 10, 2012 (David Brewster; Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE; b.11 December 1781 in Canongate in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire; d.10 February 1868 at Allerly House, Gattonside, Roxburghshire; a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal)
Associated languageeng