John Playfair
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John Playfair FRSE, FRS was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known for his b
John Playfair by Sir Henry Raeburn
Sir John Playfair by Sir Francis Chantrey
Memorial to John Playfair, Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh
Monument to John Playfair on Calton Hill, Edinburgh
William Playfair
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William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist. The founder of graphical methods of statistics, Playfair invented several types of diagrams: in 1786 he introduced the line, area and
John Playfair
…nearby in Old Calton Burial Ground (a secular burial ground). Playfair's brothers were architect James Playfair, solicitor Robert Playfair and engineer William Playfair. His nephew, William Henry Playfair (1790–1857) was an eminent architect in Scotland. In later life he admired and proposed to the wealthy widow Jane…
Pie chart from Playfair's Statistical Breviary (1801), showing the proportions of the Turkish Empire located in Asia, Europe and Africa before 1789
1786 Playfair Exports and Imports of Scotland to and from different parts for one Year from Christmas 1780 to Christmas 1781