| 词条 | William Henry Playfair | ||||||||||||||||||
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| pre-nominals = | name = William Henry Playfair | post-nominals = FRSE | image = William-playfair.jpg | image_upright = | alt = Portrait of William Henry Playfair | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1790|05|15|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | baptised = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1857|03|19|1790|05|15|df=y}} | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | burial_place = Dean Cemetery | burial_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Scottish | other_names = | citizenship = | education = University of Edinburgh | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = Neoclassical | home_town = Edinburgh | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = James Playfair | relatives = John Playfair (uncle), William Playfair (uncle) | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = | module = {{Infobox architect | awards = | practice = | significant_buildings = National Gallery of Scotland Old College, University of Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Royal Scottish Academy Building Dollar Academy | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = }} | signature = W H Playfairs signature.png | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was one of the greatest Scottish architects of the 19th century,[1] designer of the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks. LifePlayfair was born on 15 July 1790 in Russell Square, London to Jessie Graham and James Playfair.[2][3] His father was also an architect, and his uncles were the mathematician John Playfair and William Playfair, an economist and pioneer of statistical graphics. After his father's death he was sent to Edinburgh be educated by his uncle John Playfair. He went on to study at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1809.[2] He was first articled to the architect William Stark but when Stark died in 1813, he went to London. In the 1830s Playfair is listed as living at 17 Great Stuart Street on the prestigious Moray Estate in Edinburgh's west end.[4] Ironically, this is not a building of his own design, but is by his rival James Gillespie Graham.[5] Playfair joined the Free Church following the Disruption of 1843,[6] losing his right to burial in the parish churchyard. Playfair took David Cousin under his wing and was responsible for the latter part of his training. Playfair died in Edinburgh on 19 March 1857, and is buried in the "Lord's Row" on the western wall of Edinburgh's Dean Cemetery, where he designed a number of monuments for others, including Lord Jeffrey. Major worksTwo of his finest works are the neoclassical buildings of the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy which are situated in the centre of Edinburgh. The Playfair Project, completed in 2004, joined the two historic buildings with an underground link. Timeline of major projects
Gallery of architectural workReferences1. ^{{Cite book|title=Who Made the Scottish Enlightenment?|last=Russell|first=Colin|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2014|isbn=9781499091045|location=|pages=385|via=}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-22371|title=Playfair, William Henry (1790–1857), architect|last=McKean|first=Charles|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/22371}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Waterston|first1=Charles D|last2=Macmillan Shearer|first2=A|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. II|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401407|title=Edinburgh - Post Office annual directory -1832–1833|last=|first=|date=|work=National Library of Scotland|access-date=}} 5. ^CEC: listed buildings in Edinburgh 6. ^Dictionary of Scottish Architects:David Cousin 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dollaracademy.org.uk/about-dollar/our-history|title=Our History – Independent Day and Boarding School – Dollar Academy|publisher=dollaracademy.org.uk|access-date=8 September 2016}} Sources
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9 : 1790 births|1857 deaths|Scottish architects|Neoclassical architects|Greek Revival architects|19th-century Scottish people|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Burials at the Dean Cemetery|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh |
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