Sir David Brewster. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Dimensions: 20.2 x 15.1 cm (7 15/16 x 5 15/16 in. ). Person in Photograph: Sir David Brewster (British, Jedburgh, Scotland 1781-1868 Melrose). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: ca. 1844.An eminent physicist at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Sir David Brewster was among Talbot's scientific correspondents and one of the first to receive reports and samples of the new art. By 1841 Brewster and his colleague John Adamson, curator of the College Museum and professor of chemistry, were experimenting with the calotype process; the following year, in response to Talbot's hope that someone in Scotland might be persuaded to practice his process as a competitor to professional daguerreotypists, they instructed Adamson's younger brother, Robert, in the techniques of pape