Playfair, Lyon Playfair, baron, 1818-1898

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Scottish scientist, liberal politician and Postmaster General under Prime Minister Gladstone.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified man, 1871 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 608229793

Statesman, scientist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Henry Austin, [1865] Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617649

From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : to Prof. Knight, 1881-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617644

Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Papers, 1841-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83317584

Scottish chemist.

From the description of Papers, 1855-1861. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35253440

Chemist.

From the description of Letter of Lyon Playfair, Baron Playfair, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449386

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referencedIn	Album materials, 1777-1925	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.	American Philosophical Society
creatorOf	Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888. Letter to Lyon Playfair [manuscript] 1883 Nov. 7.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.	Houghton Library
creatorOf	Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906,. Papers of the Rives, Sears and Rhinelander families [manuscript], 1829-1923.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Campbell, Francis Joseph, Sir, 1834-1914. Papers of Sir Francis Joseph Campbell, 1870-1935.	Library of Congress
referencedIn	Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Additional correspondence, 1787-1886	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973, 1772-1973	American Philosophical Society
creatorOf	Dumaresq family. Papers, 1845-1929.	Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn	Gideon Maria Boissevain letter to Lyon Playfair, undated	New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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associatedWith	Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
associatedWith	Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
associatedWith	Austin, Henry,
associatedWith	Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
correspondedWith	Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898.
associatedWith	Biddulph, Thomas Myddleton, Sir, 1809-1878.
associatedWith	Boissevain, G. M., 1837-1925
associatedWith	Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872
correspondedWith	Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893
associatedWith	Brunton, T. Lauder (Thomas Lauder), Sir, 1844-1916.