Edward William Brayley FRS (1801 – 1 February 1870) was an English geographer, librarian, and science author.

In 1829 and 1830, Brayley was employed by Rowland Hill to lecture on the physical sciences at his schools as Hazelwood, Edgbaston, Birmingham and Bruce Castle, Tottenham, London.

As a staff member of the London Institution he was often called on at the last minute to substitute for an indisposed lecturer and his talks included:[1]

Brayley worked on the publication of Samuel Parkes's Chemical Catechism (1834) and contributed many biographical and scientific articles to the English Cyclopaedia.

Edward prepared him in a scientific career, which did not suit him and he joined the Indian Navy and later was a Prof. of seamanship in Berlin and St.