William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New...

William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823) was a Scottish engineer and political economist. The founder of graphical methods of statistics...

ground). Playfair's brothers were architect James Playfair, solicitor Robert Playfair and engineer William Playfair. His nephew, William Henry Playfair (1790–1857)...

Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. The gallery houses Scotland's...

William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist. William Playfair may also refer to: William Smoult Playfair (1835–1903), Scottish obstetric...

overlooking the city of Edinburgh and was designed by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. Dugald Stewart was a professor at the University of Edinburgh and...

architect William Henry Playfair and was used as a military headquarters in both world wars. The house was constructed in 1833 by Scottish architect William Henry...

Caröe, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1938) March 19 – William Henry Playfair, English-born neoclassical architect working in New Town, Edinburgh...

Mound and Princes Street in the centre of the city. It was built by William Henry Playfair in 1822-6. Along with the adjacent National Gallery of Scotland...

appearance of a Greek temple is the Playfair Building, named after the building's designer William Henry Playfair. This houses the 6-inch (15 cm) refractor...

notable Scots, including philosopher David Hume, scientist John Playfair, rival publishers William Blackwood and Archibald Constable, and clergyman Dr Robert...

after considerable delays was completed to a modified design by William Henry Playfair, except for the dome added later. It is a Category A listed building...

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair GCB PC FRS (1 May 1818 – 29 May 1898) was a British scientist and Liberal politician who was Postmaster-General from...

It was designed during 1823–6 by Charles Robert Cockerell and William Henry Playfair and is modeled upon the Parthenon in Athens. Construction started...

of politician Henry Dundas, who assisted him in developing a client base largely made up of other Scots. His son, William Henry Playfair (1790–1857), was...

Robert and William, father of William Henry Jim Playfair (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player and coach, brother of Larry John Playfair (1748–1819)...

England. Donaldson's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Henry Playfair. De Wachter, Zuidlaren, Netherlands. Wat San Chao Chet, Bangkok...

Edinburgh and working on the National Monument with fellow Freemason, William Henry Playfair, Cockerell was Initiated into Scottish Freemasonry in Lodge Holyrood...

by Philip Hardwick. St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh, designed by William Henry Playfair. St John on Bethnal Green, London, designed by John Soane. Second...

Robbie Coltrane and Kevin McKidd, architects Robert Adam, William Thornton, William Henry Playfair, Sir Basil Spence and Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, astronaut...

archive of the RCSEd. The present Surgeons' Hall was designed by William Henry Playfair and completed in 1832, and is a category A listed building. Surgeons'...

Eastern, or Third, New Town were faithfully carried on by his pupil William Henry Playfair, who later designed many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks....

to complete Robert Adam's university. He lost the competition to William Henry Playfair. Thenceforth, Burn started designing country houses. In 1827, he...

held in 1844 and, though not one of the winners, the design by William Henry Playfair was chosen and built 1845–1850. At the formation of the United Free...

the 6th Duke (1816–1879) commissioned the fashionable architect William Henry Playfair to remodel and rebuild the plain Georgian mansion house he had inherited...

Thomas Rickman. Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Henry Playfair. Replacement Old City Gaol, Bristol, England, designed by Richard...

west end. His house was remodelled by William Notman in 1835, whilst working in the offices of William Henry Playfair. He was appointed Solicitor General...

author Robert Louis Stevenson. The renowned Scottish architect William Henry Playfair was responsible for the elegant thoroughfare that encircles the...

the Royal Institution designed by the noted Scottish architect William Henry Playfair, was erected in Edinburgh at the junction of The Mound and Princes...

the Gothic in church architecture. Neoclassicism was pursued by William Henry Playfair, Alexander "Greek" Thomson and David Rhind. The late nineteenth...