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William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
Há 4 dias · William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823), a Scottish engineer and political economist, served as a secret agent on behalf of Great Britain during its war with France. The founder of graphical methods of statistics , [2] Playfair invented several types of diagrams : in 1786 the line , area and bar chart of economic ...
13 de mai. de 2019 · In honour of William Henry Playfair. 1790-1857. Architect and designer, architect of Old College and New College, alumnus of the University
Playfair, William Henry (1790–1857) in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev) Length: 154 words
Biography. The architect William Henry Playfair was born in Russell Square, London, July 1789. On the death of his father, Playfair was sent to reside with his uncle in Edinburgh. Professor John Playfair, mathematician and geologist and a leading figure in the Edinburgh Enlightenment, took control of his nephew's education.
ARTWORKS. William Henry Playfair (1790–1857) Alexander Stoddart (b.1959) and Black Isle Bronze. Chambers Street, Edinburgh. Previous image 1 / 10 Next image. © the artist. Photo credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK. Tag this. The subject is shown as a young architect in the early stages of his career.
