Sir David Brewster
Born11 December 1781
Canongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
Died10 February 1868(1868-02-10) (aged 86)
Allerly House, Gattonside, Roxburghshire
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipGreat Britain
Alma materEdinburgh University
Known forPhysical optics, Brewster's angle, photoelasticity, stereoscope, kaleidoscope
AwardsCopley Medal (1815)
Rumford Medal (1818)
Keith Prize (1827–9, 1829–31)
Royal Medal (1830)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, mathematics, astronomy
InfluencesIsaac Newton, Étienne-Louis Malus
InfluencedJames David Forbes