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Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (14)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t465nh (person)

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Playfair, John; Borthwick, J. (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kv1zwb (person)

John Playfair was born at Benvie, Dundee, on 10 March 1748, the son of a Minister. He was educated at home and then studied at St. Andrews University. At the age of eighteen, in 1766, he competed for the Chair of Mathematics at Aberdeen's Marischal College. He failed to secure it and went on to study theology at St. Mary's College and was licensed as a Minister in 1770, by which time he was in Edinburgh. In 1772 he was again unsuccessful in an attempt to win a Chair, this time the Chair of Na...

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Playfair, John, active 1805-1821, of Add MS 34611 (2)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx5gfx (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 34611

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Playfair, John, Professor of Edinburgh (1)

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Epithet: Professor of Edinburgh

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Playfair, John, active 1806-1822, mathematician (1)

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Epithet: mathematician

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Playfair, John, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh (1)

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Epithet: Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh

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