Editing David Brewster (section)

==Recognition and modern references==
[[File:Street sign in Kings Buildings, Edinburgh to the memory of David Brewster.jpg|thumb|300px|Street sign in Kings Buildings, Edinburgh to the memory of David Brewster]]
A bust of Brewster is in the Hall of Heroes of the [[National Wallace Monument]] in [[Stirling]].

Brewster's views on the possibility of evolution of intelligence on other planets, contrasted with the opinion of [[William Whewell]], are cited in the novel ''[[Barchester Towers]]''.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Bowen|editor1-first=John|title=Barchester Towers|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=452|chapter=Explanatory notes|isbn=978-0-19-966586-0}}</ref>

He appears as a minor antagonist in the 2015 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed Syndicate]]'' as a scientist working for the game's opposing faction.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Locate David Brewster - A Simple Plan |url=http://orcz.com/Assassin%27s_Creed_Syndicate:_Locate_David_Brewster_-_A_Simple_Plan |date=26 October 2015 |access-date=30 January 2018 |journal=ORCZ}}</ref> He is assassinated by one of the protagonists, [[Evie Frye]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Simple Plan |url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/assassins-creed-syndicate/A_Simple_Plan |date=29 December 2015 |access-date=30 January 2018 |journal=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Air Assassinate Brewster – A Simple Plan |url=http://orcz.com/Assassin%27s_Creed_Syndicate:_Air_Assassinate_Brewster_-_A_Simple_Plan |date=26 October 2015|access-date=30 January 2018 |journal=ORCZ}}</ref> He features as a character in Ali Bacon's novel, ''In the Blink of an Eye'' (2018).<ref>Bacon, Ali, (2018), ''In the Blink of an Eye'', Linen Press, {{isbn|9780993599729}}</ref>

A street within the [[Kings Buildings]] complex (science buildings linked to [[Edinburgh University]]) was named in his memory in 2015.