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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: A comparative view of the English and French funds

    First published in 1819 — 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: 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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    First published in 1792 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letter to Sir. W. Pulteney, Bart. M.P. &c. &c. &c. on the establishment of another public bank in London

    First published in 1797 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1794 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Wealth of Nation

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations: designed to shew[!] how the prosperity of the British Empire may be prolonged

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  • Cover of: 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: Qu'est-ce que le papier-monnoie?: lettre d'un anglois a un françois

    First published in 1790 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A general view of the actual force and resources of France, in January, M.DCC.XCIII

    First published in 1793 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Better prospects to the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain

    First published in 1793 — 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 tranquility of Europe

    First published in 1793 — 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