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John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) 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. It was through this…
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TTTA extracted 43 structured relationships around John Playfair. Examples in this analysis include John Playfair → Alma mater → University of St Andrews and John Playfair → Alma mater → University of Edinburgh. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Playfair | Alma mater | University of St Andrews | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Alma mater | University of Edinburgh | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Born | (1748-03-10)10 March 1748[citation needed] Benvie, Forfarshire, Scotland | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Died | 20 July 1819(1819-07-20) (aged 71) Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Fields | Mathematics, natural philosophy, geology | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Known for | Playfair's axiom | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Known for | Playfair's law | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Known for | Playfair (lunar crater) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Known for | Playfair (Martian crater) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Known for | playfairite | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Resting place | Old Calton Burial Ground | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Playfair | Workplaces | University of Edinburgh | 1.00 | infobox |
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Source: Wikipedia — John Playfair · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout