BREWERWOOD, EDWARD, a very learned English mathematician and antiquary, was the son of Robert Brewerwood a tradesman, who was thrice mayor of Chester; and born in that city in the year 1565. He was educated in grammar learning at the free school in Chester; and afterwards admitted, in 1581, of Brazen-nose-college in Oxford. In the year 1596, he became the first professor of astronomy in Gretham-college in London; where he led the same private and retired course of life that he had before done in Oxford. He died there of a fever, upon the 4th of November 1613, much lamented. He was a great searcher into antiquity and curious knowledge; but is remarkable for having never published any thing during his lifetime. After his death came out the following works. 1. De ponderibus et pretiis veterum nummorum. 2. Inquiries touching the diversities of languages and religion through the chief parts of the world. 3. Elementa logica in gra-
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tiam studiosae juventutis in Acad. Oxon. 4. Traclatus
quidam logici. 5. 6. Two treatises on the Sabbath.
7. Traclatus duo, quorum primus est de meteoris, secun-
das de oculo. 8. Commentarii in etica Aristotelis. Mr
Wood tells us, that the original manuscript of this,
written with his own hand, is in the smallest and neatest
characters that his eyes ever beheld; and that it was fi-
nished by him on the 27th of October 1586. 9. Patri-
archal government of the ancient church.