Lyon Playfair
1818 - 1898

- Born
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21 May 1818
Chunar, Bengal, India
- Died
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29 May 1898
His residence in Onslow Gardens, London, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 09/06/1848
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 30
- Fields of Interest
- Chemistry
- Occupation
- Politician and chemist
- Relationships
- Parents: George Playfair (1782–1846), chief inspector-general of hospitals, Bengal, and Janet (d. 1862), daughter of John Ross of Edinburgh. Spouse: Edith Russell (1878).
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Paper, 'On the nitroprussides, a new class of salts' by Lyon Playfair
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: PT/36/8
Referee of
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Referee's report by Lyon Playfair, on a paper 'On a new series of organic bodies containing metals' by Edward Frankland
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: RR/2/70 -
Referee's report by Lyon Playfair, on a paper 'On the immediate principles of human excrements in the healthy state' by William Marcet
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: RR/3/186 -
Letter from Lyon Playfair, on a paper 'On the immediate principles of human excrements in the healthy state' by William Marcet
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: RR/3/187 -
Referee's report by Lyon Playfair, on a paper 'On the action of bile upon fats; with additional observations on excretine' by William Marcet
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: RR/3/190 -
Referee's report by Lyon Playfair on a paper 'On some new ethyl-compounds containing the alkalimetals' by James Alfred Wanklyn
Creator: Lyon Playfair Reference number: RR/3/277
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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