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David Brewster

  • Jedburgh: December 11, 1781 celebration
  • Melrose: February 10, 1868 celebration
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    David Brewster  
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    United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  
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    Male  
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    David Brewster
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Jedburgh: December 11, 1781  
  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Melrose: February 10, 1868  
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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. astronomy
    2. mathematics
    3. physics
    4. botany
     
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  • school Education

    1. University of Edinburgh
     
  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1816)
    2. Fellow of the Royal Society
    3. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    4. Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    5. Royal Medal (1830)
    6. Rumford Medal (1818)
    7. Keith Medal (1829)
    8. Copley Medal (1815)
    9. Knight Bachelor
     
  • social_leaderboard Notable Works

    1. Brewster stereoscope
     
  • Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868) | Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1816), Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American

1. Alaine Agirre

  • Bermeo: December 11, 1990 celebration

Spanish writer | Lazarillo Award (2015), Euskadi Literary awards (2016), Xabier Lizardi award (2014), Joseba Jaka Beka (2016) | Bermeo: December 11, 1990

2. Peter Scholze

  • Dresden: December 11, 1987 celebration

German mathematician | New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2016), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award (2016), Ostrowski Prize (2015), Fermat Prize (2015), Cours

3. Renato Renner

  • Lucerne: December 11, 1974 celebration

Swiss theoretical quantum physicist and professor | ETH Zurich | Lucerne: December 11, 1974 - Meerane: June 17, 1907 | Renato Renner | Lucerne: December 11

4. Peter Balazs

  • Tulln an der Donau: December 11, 1970 celebration

Austrian mathematician | Start-Preis | University of Vienna | Tulln an der Donau: December 11, 1970 - Dresden: January 12, 1830 | Peter Balazs | Tulln an der

5. Michal Hocek

  • Benešov: December 11, 1969 celebration

Czech chemist | University of Chemistry and Technology | Benešov: December 11, 1969 - Saint Petersburg: July 14, 1824 | Michal Hocek | Benešov: December 11

6. Emmanuelle Charpentier

  • Juvisy-sur-Orge: December 11, 1968 celebration

French microbiologist and biochemist | Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (2023), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2016), honorary doctor

7. Hennadii Haiko

  • Alchevsk: December 11, 1965 celebration

Ukrainian university teacher | Donbas State Technical University | Alchevsk: December 11, 1965 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937 | Hennadii Haiko | Alchevsk: December 11

8. Irfan Essa

  • Pakistan: December 11, 1965 celebration

American academic | B. V. S. Parsi High School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Pakistan: December 11, 1965 - January 1, 1523 | Irfan Essa | Pakistan

9. Yves André (Yves Andre)

  • December 11, 1959 celebration

French mathematician | Pierre and Marie Curie University | December 11, 1959 - Samedan: June 25, 1974 | Yves André (Yves Andre) | December 11, 1959 - Samedan

10. Marc Himbert

  • December 11, 1957 celebration

French physicist specializing in atomic physics and metrology | Sciences Po, École Normale Supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University | December 11, 1957

11. Stanislav Južnič (Stanislav Juznic)

  • San Francisco: December 11, 1955 celebration

Slovenian-American physicist, historian | San Francisco: December 11, 1955 - Lodi: December 8, 1803 | Stanislav Južnič (Stanislav Juznic) | San Francisco

12. M. Cristina Marchetti

  • Pavia: December 11, 1955 celebration

Italian-born American theoretical physicist | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013), Leo P. Kadanoff Prize (2019), Fellow of

13. Thomas Peternell

  • Witzenhausen: December 11, 1954 celebration

German mathematician | honorary doctorate at the Lorraine university (2021) | University of Göttingen | Witzenhausen: December 11, 1954 - Cologny: February 13, 1821

14. Gilles Cohen

  • Aryanah: December 11, 1951 celebration
  • Neuilly-sur-Seine: November 19, 2023 deceased

French mathematician (1951-2023) | Aryanah: December 11, 1951 - Neuilly-sur-Seine: November 19, 2023 | Gilles Cohen - Gilles Nessim Cohen | Aryanah: December

15. Mazlan Othman

  • Seremban: December 11, 1951 celebration

Malaysian physicist | Asia's Most Influential Malaysia (2021), honorary doctor of the University of Otago (1997), Panglima Setia Mahkota (2021), President's Medal (2009)

16. Jesús Ildefonso Díaz (Jesus Ildefonso Diaz)

  • Toledo: December 11, 1950 celebration

Spanish mathematician | honorary doctor of the University of Pau (1996), Jacques-Louis Lions Award (2015) | Complutense University of Madrid | Toledo: December

17. Suhotra Swami

  • Holyoke: December 11, 1950 celebration
  • Mayapur: April 8, 2007 deceased

American writer (1950–2007) | Holyoke: December 11, 1950 - Mayapur: April 8, 2007 | Suhotra Swami | Holyoke: December 11, 1950 - Mayapur: April 8, 2007

18. Larry W. Fullerton

  • December 11, 1950 celebration
  • November 24, 2016 deceased

inventor | December 11, 1950 - November 24, 2016 | Larry W. Fullerton | December 11, 1950 - November 24, 2016

19. László Mérő (Laszlo Mero)

  • Budapest: December 11, 1949 celebration

Hungarian psychologist, mathematician, video game developer | Pro Budapest award (2005), József Eötvös Award (2009) | Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School

20. Yakov Eliashberg

  • Saint Petersburg: December 11, 1946 celebration

Russian-American mathematician | honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2009), Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (2001), Fellow of the

21. Alain de Benoist

  • Saint-Symphorien: December 11, 1943 celebration

French political theorist | Prix de l'essai (1978) | Vu de droite | Paris Law Faculty, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Lycée Montaigne

22. Jean Mawhin

  • Lambermont: December 11, 1942 celebration

Belgian mathematician and historian of mathematics | honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (2008) | University of Liège | Lambermont: December 11

23. Tadeusz Buksiński (Tadeusz Buksinski)

  • Konotopa: December 11, 1942 celebration

Polish philosopher | Medal of the National Education Commission (2010) | University of Warsaw, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | Konotopa: December

24. Derek Parfit

  • Chengdu: December 11, 1942 celebration
  • London Borough of Islington: January 1, 2017 deceased

British philosopher (1942–2017) | Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy (2014) | Eton College, Balliol College | Chengdu: December 11, 1942 - London

25. Victor A. Matveev

  • Tayga: December 11, 1941 celebration

Soviet physicist | Lenin Komsomol Prize, Russian government prize for science and technology (2000), Lenin Prize, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the

26. Carole Pateman

  • Sussex: December 11, 1940 celebration

British feminist, academic political theorist | honorary professor, honorary doctorate (1998), honorary doctorate (2005), Victoria Schuck Award (1989)

27. Antonín Drábek (Antonin Drabek)

  • Kozlany: December 11, 1939 celebration
  • September 8, 2015 deceased

Czech poet, publisher and writer | Kozlany: December 11, 1939 - September 8, 2015 | Antonín Drábek (Antonin Drabek) | Kozlany: December 11, 1939 - September 8, 2015

28. Fred Cox

  • Monongahela: December 11, 1938 celebration
  • Monticello: November 20, 2019 deceased

NFL football player (1938-2019) | Ringgold High School, University of Pittsburgh | Monongahela: December 11, 1938 - Monticello: November 20, 2019 | Fred Cox

29. Vasily Chernobay

  • Staropoltavsky District: December 11, 1937 celebration
  • Volgograd: July 27, 2015 deceased

Russian scientist | Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, VDNKh silver medal, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the

30. Klaus Hepp

  • Kiel: December 11, 1936 celebration

Swiss-German theoretical physicist and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich | Max Planck Medal (2004) | ETH Zurich | Kiel

31. Eduard Schmidt

  • Zlín: December 11, 1935 celebration
  • Brno: November 10, 2021 deceased

Czech physicist and university educator | Masaryk University Gold Medal (2004), City of Brno Award (2012) | Masaryk University | Zlín: December 11, 1935

32. James G. Martin

  • Savannah: December 11, 1935 celebration

70th governor of North Carolina | North Carolina Award for Public Service (2008), Charles Lathrop Parsons Award (1983) | Davidson College, Princeton University

33. Yuri Mamleev

  • Moscow: December 11, 1931 celebration
  • Moscow: October 25, 2015 deceased

Russian writer (1931–2015) | Order of Friendship, Andrei Biely Prize (1991), A. S. Pushkin Award (2000) | Moscow State Forest University | Moscow: December

34. Ronald Dworkin

  • Providence: December 11, 1931 celebration
  • London: February 14, 2013 deceased

American legal philosopher | Holberg International Memorial Prize (2007), Rhodes Scholarship (1953), Bielefeld Science Prize (2006), honorary doctor of Harvard

35. Howard A. Ozmon

  • Portsmouth: December 11, 1929 celebration
  • September 6, 2014 deceased

American philosopher (1929-2014) | Teachers College, University of Virginia | Portsmouth: December 11, 1929 - September 6, 2014 | Howard A. Ozmon | Portsmouth

36. Andrew Sessler

  • New York City: December 11, 1928 celebration
  • Oakland: April 18, 2014 deceased

American physicist and humanitarian (1928-2014) | Robert R. Wilson Prize (1997), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1970), Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach

37. Nina Mikhailovna Savchenkova

  • Belarus: December 11, 1928 celebration

scientist | Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour | Moscow State

38. Jean-Pierre Kahane

  • 12th arrondissement of Paris: December 11, 1926 celebration
  • 14th arrondissement of Paris: June 21, 2017 deceased

French mathematician (1926-2017) | honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1992), Émile Picard Medal (1995), Commander of the Legion of Honour (2002)

39. Piyare Jain

  • Hoshiarpur: December 11, 1921 celebration
  • Amherst: October 28, 2019 deceased

American physicist (1921–2019) | Michigan State University | Hoshiarpur: December 11, 1921 - Amherst: October 28, 2019 | Piyare Jain | Hoshiarpur: December

40. Wolfgang Händler (Wolfgang Handler)

  • Potsdam: December 11, 1920 celebration
  • February 19, 1998 deceased

German mathematician and pioneering computer scientist (1920-1998) | Gdańsk University of Technology, Technical University of Darmstadt, University of Kiel

41. Gianfranco Mattei

  • Milan: December 11, 1916 celebration
  • Rome: February 7, 1944 deceased

Italian chemist, university professor and partisan (1916-1944) | University of Florence | Milan: December 11, 1916 - Rome: February 7, 1944 | Gianfranco Mattei

42. Eugenio Curiel

  • Trieste: December 11, 1912 celebration
  • Milan: February 24, 1945 deceased

Italian Physicist (1912–1945) | Medal of Military Valour | Polytechnic University of Milan, University of Padua, University of Florence | Trieste: December

43. Harry Gold

  • Philadelphia: December 11, 1910 celebration
  • Philadelphia: August 28, 1972 deceased

American chemist (1910–1972) | Order of the Red Star | South Philadelphia High School | Philadelphia: December 11, 1910 - Philadelphia: August 28, 1972

44. Eugen Fink

  • Constance: December 11, 1905 celebration
  • Freiburg im Breisgau: July 25, 1975 deceased

German philosopher (1905-1975) | University of Freiburg | Constance: December 11, 1905 - Freiburg im Breisgau: July 25, 1975 | Eugen Fink | Constance: December

45. Michael Oakeshott

  • Chelsfield: December 11, 1901 celebration
  • Acton: December 19, 1990 deceased

British philosopher (1901-1990) | Fellow of the British Academy | Gonville and Caius College, St George's School | Chelsfield: December 11, 1901 - Acton

46. Yuri Orestovich Gabel

  • Kharkiv: December 11, 1891 celebration
  • Kharkiv: March 23, 1949 deceased

Soviet Ukrainian scientist (1891–1949) | National University of Kharkiv | Kharkiv: December 11, 1891 - Kharkiv: March 23, 1949 | Yuri Orestovich Gabel

47. Otto Szász (Otto Szasz)

  • Dolná Súča: December 11, 1884 celebration
  • Cincinnati: September 19, 1952 deceased

mathematician (1884–1952) | Müntz–Szász theorem, Szász–Mirakjan–Kantorovich operator, Szász–Mirakyan operator | University of Göttingen

48. Max Born

  • Wrocław: December 11, 1882 celebration
  • Göttingen: January 5, 1970 deceased

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970) | Hughes Medal (1950), Nobel Prize in Physics (1954), Max Planck Medal (1948), Fellow of the Royal

49. Yu Mingxin

  • December 11, 1879 celebration
  • August 12, 1944 deceased

Republic of China person CBDB = 90766 | University of Tokyo, Tokyo University | December 11, 1879 - August 12, 1944 | Yu Mingxin | December 11, 1879 - August

50. Heizaburō Kondō (Heizaburo Kondo)

  • December 11, 1877 celebration

Person of Cultural Merit (1958), Order of Culture (1958) | University of Tokyo | December 11, 1877 - May 28, 2010 | Heizaburō Kondō (Heizaburo Kondo)

51. Mark Athias

  • Funchal: December 11, 1875 celebration
  • September 30, 1946 deceased

Portuguese scientist | Funchal: December 11, 1875 - September 30, 1946 | Mark Athias | Funchal: December 11, 1875 - September 30, 1946

52. Axel Aubert

  • Christiania: December 11, 1873 celebration
  • Oslo: December 16, 1943 deceased

Norwegian chemist (1873-1943) | Knight of the Order of St. Olav, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

53. Josip Plemelj

  • Bled: December 11, 1873 celebration
  • Ljubljana: May 22, 1967 deceased

Slovenian mathematician (1873-1967) | Lieben Prize, Prešeren Award (1954), Richard Lieben prize (1912) | Sokhotski–Plemelj theorem, Hilbert's twenty-first problem

54. Otto Feuerlein

  • St. Gallen: December 11, 1863 celebration
  • Berlin: May 19, 1930 deceased

Swiss physicist (1863-1930) | honorary doctorate from the University of Stuttgart | Friedrich-Eugens-Gymnasium Stuttgart | St. Gallen: December 11, 1863

55. Annie Jump Cannon

  • Dover: December 11, 1863 celebration
  • Cambridge: April 13, 1941 deceased

American astronomer (1863-1941) | Henry Draper Medal (1931), Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, National Women's Hall of Fame (1994), Hall of Fame of

56. Ludwig Maurer

  • Munich: December 11, 1859 celebration
  • Munich: January 10, 1927 deceased

German mathematician (1859-1927) | University of Strasbourg | Munich: December 11, 1859 - Munich: January 10, 1927 | Ludwig Maurer | Munich: December 11, 1859

57. Gustav Sundbärg (Gustav Sundbarg)

  • Leksands parish: December 11, 1857 celebration
  • Engelbrekt church parish: November 20, 1914 deceased

Swedish statistician and actuary (1857–1914) | Uppsala University | Leksands parish: December 11, 1857 - Engelbrekt church parish: November 20, 1914 | Gustav

58. Vaclav Jerabek

  • Velké Koloděje: December 11, 1845 celebration
  • Telč: December 19, 1931 deceased

Czech mathematician (1845–1931) | TU Wien | Velké Koloděje: December 11, 1845 - Telč: December 19, 1931 | Vaclav Jerabek | Velké Koloděje: December 11

59. Robert Koch

  • Clausthal: December 11, 1843 celebration
  • Baden-Baden: May 27, 1910 deceased

German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910) | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1905), Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, Pour le Mérite for

60. Carl Johannes Thomae

  • Laucha an der Unstrut: December 11, 1840 celebration
  • Jena: April 1, 1921 deceased

German mathematician (1840-1921) | University of Göttingen, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Laucha an der Unstrut: December 11, 1840 - Jena: April 1, 1921

61. Sándor Kalmár (Sandor Kalmar)

  • Sopron: December 11, 1838 celebration
  • Vienna: August 28, 1919 deceased

Hungarian vice admiral, mathematician (1838-1919) | Sopron: December 11, 1838 - Vienna: August 28, 1919 | Sándor Kalmár (Sandor Kalmar) | Sopron: December

62. Henry Morton

  • Manhattan: December 11, 1836 celebration
  • Hoboken: May 9, 1902 deceased

American chemist (1836-1902) | University of Pennsylvania | Manhattan: December 11, 1836 - Hoboken: May 9, 1902 | Henry Morton | Manhattan: December 11, 1836

63. Ramón Verea (Ramon Verea)

  • Curantes: December 11, 1833 celebration
  • Buenos Aires: February 6, 1899 deceased

Spanish journalist and engineer | Curantes: December 11, 1833 - Buenos Aires: February 6, 1899 | Ramón Verea (Ramon Verea) | Curantes: December 11, 1833

64. Vincent Clarence Price

  • Troy: December 11, 1832 celebration
  • Waukegan: July 15, 1914 deceased

1832-1914) American businessman | Troy: December 11, 1832 - Waukegan: July 15, 1914 | Vincent Clarence Price | Troy: December 11, 1832 - Waukegan: July 15, 1914

65. David Brewster

  • Jedburgh: December 11, 1781 celebration
  • Melrose: February 10, 1868 deceased

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868) | Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1816), Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American

66. Józef Czech (Jozef Czech)

  • December 11, 1762 celebration

Jagiellonian University | December 11, 1762 - Moscow: April 21, 1968 | Józef Czech (Jozef Czech) | December 11, 1762 - Moscow: April 21, 1968

67. Gian Domenico Romagnosi

  • Salsomaggiore Terme: December 11, 1761 celebration
  • Milan: June 8, 1835 deceased

Italian philosopher, economist and jurist (1761-1835) | University of Parma | Salsomaggiore Terme: December 11, 1761 - Milan: June 8, 1835 | Gian Domenico

68. Francesco Algarotti

  • Venice: December 11, 1712 celebration
  • Pisa: May 3, 1764 deceased

Italian philosopher (1712-1764) | Fellow of the Royal Society | University of Bologna, Sapienza University of Rome | Venice: December 11, 1712 - Pisa: May 3, 1764

69. Jacob Odé (Jacob Ode)

  • Zutphen: December 11, 1698 celebration
  • Utrecht: November 28, 1751 deceased

Dutch philosopher, theologian, mathematician, physicist, author and astronomer | Utrecht University | Zutphen: December 11, 1698 - Utrecht: November 28, 1751

70. John Keill

  • Edinburgh: December 11, 1671 celebration
  • Oxford: August 31, 1721 deceased

Scottish mathematician | Fellow of the Royal Society (1700) | Balliol College, University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh: December 11, 1671 - Oxford: August 31, 1721

71. Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

  • Belgentier: December 11, 1580 celebration
  • Aix-en-Provence: June 24, 1637 deceased

French astronomer (1580–1637) | University of Padua, University of Montpellier | Belgentier: December 11, 1580 - Aix-en-Provence: June 24, 1637

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