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Noun Named Entity
SYL
John playfair
EN
Rev Prof John Playfair FRSE, FRS was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Wikipedia
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IS A
Homo sapiens
AWARD RECEIVED
EN
Fellow of the Royal Society
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
EN
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Nordisk Familjebok
EN
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
EDUCATED AT
EN
University of St Andrews
EMPLOYER
EN
University of Edinburgh
FAMILY NAME
EN
Playfair
FIELD OF WORK
EN
mathematics
GIVEN NAME
john
INFLUENCED BY
James hutton
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
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English
MEMBER OF
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Royal Society
EN
Royal Society of Edinburgh
OCCUPATION
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geologist
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mathematician
EN
physicist
PLACE OF BIRTH
DUNDEE
PLACE OF BURIAL
EN
Old Calton Burial Ground
PLACE OF DEATH
Burntisland
POSITION HELD
EN
professor
SEX OR GENDER
EN
male
SIBLING
William Playfair
EN
James Playfair
STUDENT
John leslie
WRITING LANGUAGE
EN
English
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John playfair

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