John Playfair

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. He is best known for his book Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth (1802), which summarised the work of James Hutton.

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Who was born first?

• John Playfair and Charles Blagden were born the same year
• John Playfair and Claude Louis Berthollet were born the same year
• John Playfair and Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini were born the same year
• John Playfair and Johann Friedrich Gmelin were born the same year
• John Playfair was born 1 year before Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

Timeline

1. Charles BlagdenApril 17, 1748 – March 26, 1820
2. Claude Louis BertholletDecember 9, 1748 – November 6, 1822
3. Jean-Dominique, comte de CassiniJune 30, 1748 – October 18, 1845
4. Johann Friedrich GmelinAugust 8, 1748 – November 1, 1804
5. John Playfair (this page)March 10, 1748 – July 20, 1819
6. Jean-Baptiste Joseph DelambreSeptember 19, 1749 – August 19, 1822

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