John Sherren Brewer, Jr. (March 1809 – February 1879) was an English clergyman, historian and scholar.
[1] He was ordained in the Church of England in 1837, and became chaplain to a central London workhouse.
In 1839 he was appointed lecturer in classical literature at King's College London, and in 1858 he became professor of English language and literature and lecturer in modern history, succeeding FD Maurice.
In 1856 he was commissioned by the Master of the Rolls to prepare a calendar of the state papers of King Henry VIII, work demanding a vast amount of research.
New editions of several standard historical works were also produced under Brewer's direction.