URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84239125

Variants

• Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n84239125

Identifies RWO

• https://isni.org/isni/0000000108636431

• Birth Date

  1781-12-11

• Death Date

  1868-02-10

• Birth Place

  Jedburgh, Scotland

• Occupation

  • Occupation: Physicist

• Occupation

  • Occupation: Mathematician

• Occupation

  • Occupation: Astronomer

• Associated Language

  English

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/en/viaf/LC%7Cn%20%2084239125

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Brewster, David, 1781-1868
• Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868
• David BrewsterLabel from public data source Wikidata
• http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500043545

Earlier Established Forms

• Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868

Sources

• found:Brewster and Wheatstone on vision, 1983:t.p. (Brewster) p. 1 (Sir David Brewster, 1781-1868)
• found:The kaleidoscope, its history, theory and construction with its application to the fine and useful arts, 1858:t.p. (David Brewster)
• found:Wikipedia, Sept. 10, 2012(David Brewster; Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE; b.11 December 1781 in Canongate in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire; d.10 February 1868 at Allerly House, Gattonside, Roxburghshire; a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF PersonalName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1984-10-17:new
• 2025-08-05:revised

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