Their accuracy has been called into question, however ( e. g., by Chauncey Brewster Tinker in The Translations of Beowulf, a comprehensive survey of 19th-century translations and editions of Beowulf ), and the extent to which the manuscript was actually more readable in Thorkelin's time is unclear.

President King, the leader of Walden College, was originally intended as a parody of Kingman Brewster, President of Yale, but all that remains of that is a certain physical resemblance.

Sir David Brewster ( 11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868 ) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal.

David Brewster was born at the Canongate in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire to Margaret Key ( 1753 – 1790 ) and James Brewster ( c. 1735 – 1815 ), the rector of Jedburgh Grammar School and a teacher of high reputation.

Though Brewster duly finished his theological studies and was licensed to preach, his other interests distracted him from the duties of his profession.

was conferred upon Brewster by Marischal College, Aberdeen ; in 1815 he was made a member of the Royal Society of London, and received the Copley medal ; in 1818 he received the Rumford Medal of the society ; and in 1816 the French Institute awarded him one-half of the prize of three thousand francs for the two most important discoveries in physical science made in Europe during the two preceding years.

As a reflection of this fame, Brewster portrait was later printed in some cigar boxes.

Although Brewster patented kaleidoscope in 1817 ( GB 4136 ), a copy of the prototype was shown to London opticians and copied before the patent was granted.

An instrument of more significance, the stereoscope, which – though of much later date ( 1849 ) – along with the kaleidoscope did more than anything else to popularize his name, was not as has often been asserted the invention of Brewster.

Although Fresnel, who had also the satisfaction of being the first to put it into operation, perfected the dioptric apparatus independently, Brewster was active earlier in the field than Fresnel, describing the dioptric apparatus in 1812.

Brewster pressed its adoption on those in authority at least as early as 1820, two years before Fresnel suggested it, and it was finally introduced into lighthouses mainly through Brewster's persistent efforts.

Its first meeting was held at York in 1831 ; and Brewster, along with Babbage and Sir John F. W. Herschel, had the chief part in shaping its constitution.

Of a high-strung and nervous temperament, Brewster was somewhat irritable in matters of controversy ; but he was repeatedly subjected to serious provocation.

Brewster died in 1868, and was buried at Melrose Abbey, next to his first wife and second son.

Hopper was born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City.

The town was officially incorporated in 1694, and originally included the lands of the current town of Brewster.

Sir David Brewster began work leading towards invention of the kaleidoscope in 1815 when he was conducting experiments on light polarization but it was not patented until two years later.

William Brewster, a former diplomatic assistant to the Netherlands, was living in the Scrooby manor house, serving as postmaster for the village and bailiff to the Archbishop of York.

In 1815, Brewster experimented with higher-quality materials and showed that this angle was a function of the refractive index, defining Brewster's law.

Her paternal grandfather was of Sicilian descent, and her paternal grandmother was a descendant of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster.

Brewster invited Clyfton to live at his home.

After this debut ( a loss to future Olympian Johnny Miller ), Louis compiled numerous amateur victories – eventually winning the club championship of his Brewster Street recreation center, the home of many aspiring Golden Gloves fighters.

Drew, a devout Methodist, built churches in Carmel and Brewster, New York, contributed to the founding of Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, which is now part of Drew University, and Drew Seminary for Young Ladies in his home town of Carmel.

At home, Laura is met by Mr. Boast and Mr. Brewster, who interview Laura for a teaching position at a settlement led by Brewster twelve miles ( 19 km ) from town.

As the story begins, Pa is taking Laura 12 miles from home to her first teaching assignment at Brewster settlement.

From 1879 to 1894 the Ingalls family lived in De Smet and the family homestead, a house in town built by Charles Ingalls, the Brewster School where Wilder taught, and the surveyor's home the family lived in between 1879 and 1880 are open to visitors.

Brewster is home to the largest pond on Cape Cod, Long Pond.

* The Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod baseball league has been home to many current and former major league baseball stars, such as Mike Aviles, Sean Casey, Chris Dickerson, Bobby Keilty, Aaron Rowand, Gaby Sanchez, Brian Bannister, Matt Herges, Mike Meyers, Billy Wagner and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn and his son Tony Gwynn Jr.

The town is also home to Brewster Academy, a private preparatory school.

* Jonathan Brewster Bingham ( 1914 – 1986 ), member of the House of Representatives for Riverdale and other sections of the Bronx from 1965 to 1983, for whom a segment of Independence Avenue north of 5000 Independence Avenue, his home with June Rossbach Bingham ( later June Bingham Birge ,) has been named.

Former player Charlie Christie was appointed manager on 27 January 2006, after a successful spell as caretaker manager following the departure of Brewster, during which time Inverness achieved three wins out of three games played, including a record victory for the club in the SPL as they beat Falkirk 4 – 1 away from home.

In 1997, the Infirmary, having been behind Brewster Hall since its inception, was moved to a new building near the Performing Arts Center, and the old building became the new home of the school's art department.

With his mentor in prison, Brewster had returned home to Scrooby for a time, where he took up his father ’ s former position as postmaster.

Kasar Devi, in hippie circles known as ' Crank's Ridge ', was a bohemian colony home to artists, writers and spiritual seekers such as Earl Brewster, Alfred Sorensen and John Blofeld.

Despite her sweetness, Suzanne will not compromise her comfortable home to choose flight with Brewster.

His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine, and " just a pinch " of cyanide ; a brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home ( which then serve as graves for the aunts ' victims ); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein ( a character based on real-life gangland surgeon Joseph Moran ) to conceal his identity and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff ( a self-referential joke, as the part was originally played by Karloff ).

Set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead, home of Miss Jane Marple ( played by Lansbury ), in 1953, a big Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd ( played by Taylor ) and Lola Brewster ( played by Novak ).

Brewster and his men engage in a running battle with French assassins as they crisscross Europe trying to get their stolen goods home.

Hong Kong's 257 / 8 ( Brian Catton 63, Ray Brewster ) against Papua New Guinea looked good, but 55 from Vai and 50 from Maha was enough to get PNG home by two wickets with two overs in hand.

* Henry Brewster Stanton ( 1805 – 1887 ), abolitionist, social reformer and husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in town.

* John Brewster Jr. ( 1766 – 1854 ) deaf, itinerant, prolific painter, was born in town.

Founding of Brewster: The town of Brewster was in established in the spring of 1872, but was known for many years as Hersey.

" But a brochure later put out by the Omaha Road stated that " the present name was given in honor of Brewster, a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which was named in honor of Elder William Brewster, one of the first settlers of Plymouth Colony.

Brewster is a village within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States.

Brewster is located along the East Branch of the Croton River at ( 41. 396050 ,-73. 615954 ), near the center of the town of Southeast.

In his second chapter on the town of Southeast, he wrote: " The land now embraced within the limits of the village of Brewster consists of a farm which was sold by the commissioners of forfeiture to Peleg Bailey, in 1781.

The town of Southeast contains the village of Brewster, though each of those municipalities have independent governments, separate highway departments and separate courts.

It is a common mistake to believe that the name " Brewster " refers to the entire surrounding town, rather than just the village.

Residents who live in the town still use " Brewster 10509 " for their return address, and the post office still uses " Brewster " rather than " Southeast " in its postmarks.

Despite these distinctions, the press, media, businesses and, most importantly, the residents still choose to use " Brewster " as the name of the town in the southeastern corner of Putnam County.

Brewster Hill is a hamlet ( and census-designated place ) located in the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States.

The most densely populated area in the town is the village of Brewster.

By September 1968, the last of these local offices was closed, and the only post office for the town of Southeast and village of Brewster was located at 20 Main Street with the postmark " Brewster, New York 10509 ".

* Brewster – A centrally located village within the town.

The North Salem School District's border emcompasses the entire town of North Salem, in addition to the Putnam County towns of Southeast ( commonly referred to as Brewster ) and Carmel.