About David Brewster
Sir David Brewster was a Scottish 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 including the discovery of Brewster's angle. He studied the birefringence of crystals under compression and discovered photoelasticity, thereby creating the field of optical mineralogy. For this work, William Whewell dubbed him the "father of modern experimental optics" and "the Johannes Kepler of optics."
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Awards & Honors
Copley Medal
Keith Medal
Rumford Medal
Royal Medal
Knight Bachelor
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Fellow of the Royal Society
Grand prix des sciences mathématiques
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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
