Frederick Edward Brasch (December 18, 1875 – October 26, 1967)[1] was an American astronomer, reference librarian, bibliographer, and historian of science.
[2][5] At the New York Academy of Medicine in a symposium held on the 28th & 29 December 1929, Brasch gave a lecture entitled Medical men in mathematics, astronomy and physics.
[2] In 1941 Brasch donated to Stanford University his entire collection of books and manuscripts relating to Isaac Newton and the physical sciences in the 1600s and early 1700s.
[8] Frederick E. Brasch was a member of the Unitarian Church and several scientific and historical societies.
Upon his own death in 1967 he was survived by his daughter Carolyn Mildred (1909–2005) and his son Maxwell Frederick.