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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: commercial and political atlas representing, by ... charts ... the exports, imports and general trade of England ... 1700 to 1782 ... (no. 1).

    First published in 1786 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Commercial and political atlas and Statistical breviary

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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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: A fair statement of the proceedings of the Bank of England, against the Original Security Bank: on Tuesday the seventh of March, 1797. Contained in two letters, ... By William Playfair.

    First published in 1797 — 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: Inevitable consequences of a reform in Parliament. By William Playfair.

    First published in 1792 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Joseph and Benjamin, a conversation: Translated from a French manuscript.

    First published in 1787 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letters to the Right Hon. the Earl Bathurst ... on the conundrum, now solved by Buonaparte ... also, fourteen blunders of this wonderful year, and an address to people of property at this awful crisis

    First published in 1815 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letter to Sir W. Pulteney, bart., M.P.

    First published in 1797 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Peace with the Jacobins impossible: By William Playfair, ...

    First published in 1794 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary

    First published in 2005 — 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: Thoughts on the present state of French politics: and the necessity and policy of diminishing France, for her internal peace, and to secure the tranquillity of Europe.

    First published in 1793 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL ATLAS AND STATISTICAL BREVIARY; ED. BY HOWARD WAINER.

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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: Lettre II. d'un Anglais a un Français: sur les assignats

    First published in 1790 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A letter to the Right Honourable and Honourable the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, on the advantages of apprenticeships

    First published in 1814 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The increase of manufactures, commerce and finance, with the extension of civil liberty proposed in regulations for the interest of money

    First published in 1785 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A sketch for the improvement of the political, commercial, and local interests of Britain: as exemplified by the inland navigations of Europe in general, and of England in particular; including details relative to the intended Stanford junction navigation, to unite the eastern, with the midland and western counties of the kingdom ...

    First published in 1810 — 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

History, Commerce, Early works to 1800, Politics and government, Statistics, Economic aspects, Economic conditions, Economics, Assignats, Banks and banking, Catholic emancipation, Finance, Foreign relations, Genealogy, Heraldry, Interest, Jacobins, Nobility, Public Finance, Agriculture, Apprentices, Baronetage, British Banks and banking, Commercial products, Defenses

Places

Great Britain, France, Europe, England, India, Ireland, London, United States

People

George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Earl (1748-1833)

Time

18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1789-1799, 1789-1815, 1760-1820, 1760-1860, 1789-1820, 1800-1837, 19th century, George III, 1760-1820

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Alternative names

  • 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