David Brewster
Sir David Brewster | |
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 David Brewster, c. 1850s | |
| Born | 11 December 1781 Canongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire |
| Dee'd | 10 Februar 1868 (aged 86) Allerly House, Gattonside, Roxburghshire |
| 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) | |
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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Mary Bellis. The History of the Kaleidoscope[deid airtin]. inventors.about.com
- ↑ Booth, Catherine. "Evelyn Baxter | Ornithologist | Minerva Scientifica". Minerva Scientifica. Retrieved 5 Juin 2021.
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