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William Playfair

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British mathematician, engineer and political economist (1759-1823)

Born 1759
Died 1823

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  • Cover of: British baronetage: illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit, of the baronets of the United Kingdom, accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts

    Cover of edition britishbaronetag32play First published in 1811 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: history of Jacobinism: its crimes, cruelties and perfidies: comprising an inquiry into the manner of disseminating, under the appearance of philosophy and virtue, principles which are equally subversive of order, virtue, religion, liberty and happiness

    First published in 1796 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A fair and candid address to the nobility and baronets of the United Kingdom: accompanied with illustrations and proofs of the advantage of hereditary rank and title in a free country.

    First published in 1809 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A general view of the actual force and resources of France, in January, M.DCC.XCIII: to which is added, a table, shewing the depreciation of assignats, arising from their increase in quantity

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  • Cover of: Inevitable consequences of a reform in Parliament

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  • Cover of: Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl Fitzwilliam: occasioned by his two letters to the Earl of Carlisle

    First published in 1795 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Political portraits, in this new æra

    First published in 1813 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: European commerce, shewing new and secure channels of trade with the continent of Europe: detailing the produce, manufactures, and commerce, of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany; as well as the trade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Ems; with a general view of the trade, navigation, produce, and manufactures, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland.

    First published in 1807 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: fair and candid address to the British nobility: accompanied with illustrations and proofs of the advantage of hereditary rank and title in a free country

    First published in 1809 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: For the use of the enemies of England: a real statement of the finances and resources of Great Britain : illustrated by two copper-plate charts

    First published in 1796 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: statement, which was made in October, to Earl Bathhurst, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in November, 1814, to the Comte de La Chatre, the French ambassador, of Buonaparte's plot to re-usurp the Crown of France

    First published in 1815 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl Fitzwilliam: occasioned by his two letters to the Earl of Carlisle

    First published in 1795 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Antiquity of the family of Dick: extracted from Playfair's British antiquity, illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit of the nobility of the United Kingdom

    First published in 1826 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Qu'est-ce que le papier-monnoie?: lettre d'un anglois a un françois

    First published in 1790 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of William Playfair

British mathematician, engineer and political economist (1759-1823)

Born 1759
Died 1823

Subjects

Politics and government, Early works to 1800, History, Catholic emancipation, Economic aspects, Nobility, Assignats, Baronetage, Commerce, Commercial products, Finance, Genealogy, Grande-Bretagne, Grande-Bretagne. Parliament, Great Britain, Great Britain. Parliament, Heraldry, Jacobins, Pamphlets, Reform, Réforme, Statesmen, Statistics

Places

Great Britain, France, Ireland

People

William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Earl (1748-1833)

Time

1760-1820, 1789-1799, Revolution, 1789-1799

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  • PLAYFAIR, WILLIAM, 1759-1823.

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September 25, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import