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Playfair, John, (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist

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Surname: Playfair
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1748-1819
Biography: ODNB link for Playfair, John (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P126409 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23012 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1806-09: lecture notes
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Gen 844-46, 1386-88
2
1795-1818: letters to Mary Berry
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 37726
3
letters to Daniel Ellis
Gloucestershire Archives
D1501,2227
NRA 11418 Viner-Ellis
4
1772-95: letters to William Robertson
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.3942-3944