Sir David Brewster

(1781-1868)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 NRA: Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868) Knight, natural philosopher DNB: Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868), natural philosopher and academic administrator LBT ID: DaBrews1868 VIAF ID: 2774127 LOC ID: n84239125	B/BAP: 1781-12-11 DIED: 1868-02-10
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Scottish natural philosopher and editor of the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1807-1830). He contributed to the Literary Gazette and invented the kaleidoscope.
REFERENCES TO Sir David Brewster: Walter Scott to John Ballantyne, 18 May 1813 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ n2 Thomas Campbell to John Murray, 29 January 1814 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Hogg, James, 1770-1835, “Translation from an Ancient Chaldee Manuscript” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 2 (October 1817) 89-96 Found 1: ¶ 54 Napier, Macvey, 1776-1847, Hypocrisy Unveiled (Edinburgh: Francis Pillans, 1818) Found 2: ¶ 19 ¶ n1 Benjamin Disraeli to John Murray, September 1825 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Maria Edgeworth, 4 February 1829 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 5 Kennedy, James, 1793?-1827, Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830) Fourth Conversation Found 1: ¶ 5 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1813 Found 1: ¶ n2 Chapter II 1820-21 Found 1: ¶ 20 Chapter X 1826 Found 1: ¶ 48 Chapter V 1829 Found 1: ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Contributors Found 1: ¶ 8 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ n1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 4 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. IX. 1812-1819 Found 1: ¶ 13 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 9 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter XI. Found 2: ¶ 42 ¶ n1 Chapter XIV. Chapter XVIII. Found 1: ¶ 32 Chapter XIX. Found 1: ¶ 10 Chap. XXVI. Chap. XXIX. Found 1: ¶ 37 Chap. XXXIV. Found 1: ¶ 62 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 5: 1817-18 Found 2: ¶ 28 ¶ 46 Chapter 6: 1817-19 Found 1: ¶ 3 Chapter 16: 1832-36 Found 1: ¶ 2