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ID: 500031670
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500031670
 
Record Type: Person
Playfair, William Henry (Scottish architect, 1790-1857)

Note: Scottish architect, son of James Playfair, 1755-1794.

Names:
Playfair, William Henry (preferred,V,index)
William Henry Playfair (V,display)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

Roles:
architect (preferred)

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
child of ....  Playfair, James  
..............  (Scottish architect, 1755-1794) [500025712]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Playfair, William Henry (I)

Biographies:
(Scottish architect, 1790-1857) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Scottish architect, son of James Playfair, 1755-1794, 1790-1857) ..... [AVERY]
(British architect, 1789-1857) ..... [BHA]
( architect, 1790-1857) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Scottish architect, 1790-1857) ..... [AVERY]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Playfair, William Henry ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred]
...............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...............................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
...............................................  Witt Library, Authority files
William Henry Playfair ........ [CL-Courtauld, VP]
.............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, VP]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Colvin, Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (1978)
....................  DNB: Oxford National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927) has b. date of 1789
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 26 July 2005
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
....................  Portoghesi, Dizionario di architettura e urbanistica (1968-1969)
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY]
.......... Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
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