Quotes:Brewster, Sir David

Boris de Zirkoff

Brewster, Sir David. Scottish physicist, and one of the founders of the British Association; b. at Jedburgh, Dec. 11, 1781; d. at Allerby, Feb. 10, 1868. He made his name by a series of investigations on the diffraction of light, the results of which he contributed from time to time to Philosophical Transactions and other scientific journals. From 1859 on, Brewster was principal of Edinburgh University, and succeeded J. J. Berzelius as one of the eight “foreign associates” of the Institute of France. In addition to his Treatise on Optics (1831) and other works, he edited the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1808-30) and was one of the leading contributors to the 7th and 8th ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 447-448