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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. [1] Life. Playfair was born on 15 July 1790 in Russell Square, London to Jessie Graham and James Playfair.
Sir William Henry Playfair (Londra, 15 luglio 1790 – Edimburgo, 19 marzo 1857) è stato un architetto britannico del XIX secolo. Tomba di Playfair al cimitero Dean di Edimburgo. Nacque a Russell Square , dall'architetto James Playfair e da Jessie Graham, [1] fu allievo di William Stark .
William Henry Playfair (nephew) Playfair's trade-balance time-series chart, published in his Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. 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. [1]
25 mag 2024 · 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 Henry Playfair, 67, architect died on 19 March 1857. The entry in the statutory register of deaths for the district of Dean and Morningside shows he was single. His mother's name is...
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.
14 mag 2018 · Scottish architect who perhaps studied under Wyatt and Smirke in London.
