february

February 22, 1933

Archibald Knox, Manx Celtic artist, died

February 10, 1868

David Brewster, scientist, inventor (including the kaleidoscope) died

David Brewster, the Scottish scientist and inventor known for his contributions to optics and his invention of the kaleidoscope, died on February 10, 1868, in Allerby, Melrose, Scotland.

February 21, 1804

Richard Trevithick Cornish inventor and engineer demonstrated the first steam driven, died.

February 7, 1873

Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Journalist, novelist, and short story writer, dies

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu ( 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as “absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories”.