David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1868)

David Brewster

British astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

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…