John Playfair
(1748 - 1819)
Date this page was last edited=25 Jan 2014
John graduated in 1765 from the University of St. Andrews and became a distinguished Professor of Mathematics, and later of Natural Philosophy, at Edinburgh University. He is best known for contributions to the study of geology. His nephew William Henry Playfair, the famous architect, designed a memorial to him which stands on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
John Playfair died in 1819. He was buried in Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
This information about John Playfair is from the histories of the Troup and Robertson families compiled in 2001 and 2003 by Margaret Elizabeth Troupe of Stockton-on-Tees, England, unless otherwise noted.
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