David Brewster
Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE (11 December 1781 – 10 Februar 1868) wis a Scots pheesicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian o science an varsity principal. Brewster's great granddochter wis the ornithologist Evelyn Baxter.[2]
Sir David Brewster | |
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Born | 11 December 1781 Canongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire |
Dee'd | 10 Februar 1868 Allerly House, Gattonside, Roxburghshire | (aged 86)
Naitionality | Scots |
Citizenship | Great Breetain |
Alma mater | Edinburgh Varsity |
Kent for | Invention o the kaleidoscope[1] Diffraction o licht optics |
Awairds | Copley Medal (1815) Rumford Medal (1818) Keith Prize (1827–9, 1829–31) Ryal Medal (1830) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics, mathematics, astronomy |
Influences | Isaac Newton |
Influenced | James David Forbes |
Notes Foondin Director o the Scots Society o Airts (1821) Principal o St Andrews Varsity (1837–59) Principal o Edinburgh Varsity (1859–68) |
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