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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 Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.

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rdfs:label	William Henry Playfair (de) William Henry Playfair (es) William Henry Playfair (fr) William Henry Playfair (it) Плейфэр, Уильям Генри (ru) William Henry Playfair (en) William Henry Playfair (sv)
rdfs:comment	William Henry Playfair (* 15. Juli 1790 in London; † 19. März 1857 in Edinburgh) war ein bedeutender schottischer Architekt des 19. Jahrhunderts. (de) William Henry Playfair (Londres, 15 de julio de 1790 - Edimburgo, 19 de marzo de 1857) fue uno de los arquitectos más importantes de Escocia del siglo XIX. Su padre James Playfair, también había sido arquitecto y su tíos fueron el científico John Playfair y el economista William Playfair. Dos de sus trabajos más destacados son de estilo neoclásico, la National Gallery of Scotland y la ubicadas en el centro de Edimburgo, Ambos edificios transformaron completamente la fisonomía de la ciudad. (es) William Henry Playfair (1790-1857) fut un des plus célèbres architectes écossais du XIXe siècle. Il construisit plusieurs bâtiments de style néoclassique, dont la National Gallery of Scotland, la Royal Scottish Academy, l'église Saint-Stephen et, avec Charles Robert Cockerell, le Monument national d'Écosse sur Calton Hill. Tous sont situés dans le centre de la ville d'Édimbourg en Écosse. (fr) 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 Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks. (en) Sir William Henry Playfair (Londra, 15 luglio 1790 – Edimburgo, 19 marzo 1857) è stato un architetto britannico del XIX secolo. Tomba di Playfair al cimitero Dean di Edimburgo. Nacque a Russell Square, dall'architetto e da Jessie Graham, fu allievo di William Stark. (it) William Henry Playfair, född 15 juli 1790 i London, död 19 mars 1857 i Edinburgh, var en brittisk arkitekt. Playfair var verksam i Edinburgh, där han från 1815 utförde en mängd byggnadsarbeten och gaturegleringar i strängt klassicerande anda. Bland hans byggnader märks Royal Institution, senare benämnt Royal Scottish Academy Building, i dorisk och Surgeons' Hall i jonisk still samt från hans senare år det storslagna National Gallery of Scotland. (sv) Уильям Генри Плейфэр (англ. William Henry Playfair) — один из крупнейших шотландских архитекторов XIX столетия. Плейфэр родился в высокообразованной семье. Отец его был также архитектором, дядьями его были Джон Плейфэр, известный математик, и Уильям Плейфэр, экономист. В 1817 году Плейфэр поступает в Эдинбургский университет. В 1824 году он, совместно с Чарльзом Робертом Кокереллом, создаёт на холме Колтон-Хилл в Эдинбурге Национальный монумент Шотландии — мемориал, посвящённый памяти шотландцев, павших в Наполеоновских войнах. (ru)
foaf:name	William Henry Playfair (en)
name	William Henry Playfair (en)
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death place	Edinburgh
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dcterms:subject	Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Greek Revival architects Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish architects 19th-century Scottish people British neoclassical architects 1790 births 1857 deaths Burials at the Dean Cemetery
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh David Cousin Dean Cemetery John Playfair Robert Adam University of Edinburgh

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