{{Short description|American author}} {{Orphan|date=November 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Edwin Tenney Brewster |image = Edwin Tenney Brewster (1866–1960).png |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = October 11, 1866 |birth_place = [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1960|03|14|1866|10|11}} |death_place = [[Brownfield, Maine]], U.S. |education = [[Harvard College]] |awards = |field = |workplaces = |spouse = |children = |thesis_title= |thesis_url = |thesis_year = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = }}

'''Edwin Tenney Brewster''' (October 11, 1866 – March 14, 1960) was an American physicist and popular science writer.

== Early life == He was born on October 11, 1866, in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], United States.

He died on March 14, 1960, in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-mar-15-1960-5497890/ |title=Deaths: Edwin T. Brewster |newspaper=[[The Newark Advocate]] |place=Brownfield, Maine |agency=AP |page=15 |date=1960-03-15 |access-date=2026-01-07 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>

== Personal life == His parents were John Leander Brewster and Adaline "Ada" Augusta Tenney.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edwin-tenney-brewster-24-h16129|title = Edwin Tenney Brewster 1866-1960|website=Ancestry.com |access-date=2026-01-07}}</ref>

He was married to Lillian Edna Dodge and had three children.<ref name="auto"/>

== Education == He completed his bachelor's degree from [[Harvard College]] in 1890. He completed his master's degree from Harvard College in 1891.

== Career == He worked as a science teacher at these schools:

* [[Brewster Academy]] * [[Phillips Academy]]

He authored a large number of books, most notably ''Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know''.

== Bibliography == His notable books include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Brewster,+Edwin+Tenney,+1866-1960|title=Edwin Tenney Brewster (Brewster, Edwin Tenney, 1866-1960) &#124; The Online Books Page|website=Onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>

* ''[[:c:File:Life and letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney (IA cu31924012131151).pdf|Life and Letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney]]'' (1909) * ''[https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/120/spring14/brewster.pdf Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know]'' (1912) * ''[[:c:File:The nutrition of a household (IA nutritionofhouse00brewrich).pdf|The Nutrition of a Household]]'' (1915) * ''[[:c:File:Vocational guidance for the professions (IA cu31924032513479).pdf|Vocational Guidance for the Professions]]'' (1917) * [https://archive.org/details/understandingofr00brew_0/mode/2up ''The Understanding of Religion''] (1923) * ''This Puzzling Planet: An Introduction to Geology'' (1928)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924001126055&view=1up&seq=9 Bibliography] * [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44548 Project Gutenberg] * [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Edwin+Tenney+Brewster%22 Internet Archive]

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