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Categories: Greek Revival architects, 1790 births, 1857 deaths, 19th-century Scottish people, Burials at the Dean Cemetery
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William Henry Playfair  William Playfair
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William Henry Playfair FRSE was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks. Wikipedia
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William Henry Playfair FRSE was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks. Wikipedia
Scottish architect Wikipedia Disambiguation
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AWARD RECEIVED
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
EDUCATED AT
University of Edinburgh
FATHER
James Playfair
GIVEN NAME
William
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
Royal Society of Edinburgh
MOVEMENT
Greek Revival architecture
NOTABLE WORK
Royal Scottish Academy
University of Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery
OCCUPATION
architect
PLACE OF BIRTH
London
PLACE OF BURIAL
Dean Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Edinburgh
SEX OR GENDER
male
WORK LOCATION
Edinburgh
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William Henry Playfair
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William Henry Playfair
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William Playfair (architect)

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