Patrick Brydone blue plaque

Coldingham, Scottish Borders, England, United Kingdom

Patrick Brydone FRS FRSE FSA 1741 - 1818 Traveller and Author Pioneer in the study of electricity A man of the Scottish Enlightenment, a contemporary of David Hume and James Hutton, he was born in Coldingham. His father and maternal grandfather were ministers at Coldingham. A pioneer in the study of

electricity, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. In 1770 he travelled to Sicily and Malta. His account "A tour through Sicily and Malta, in a series of letters to William Beckford Esq.

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