Ingenieur

William Playfair

1759 - 1823

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William Playfair (* 22. September 1759 bei Dundee, Schottland; † 11. Februar 1823 in Covent Garden, London, England) war ein schottischer Ingenieur und Volkswirt, der wesentliche Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Informationsgrafik leistete. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

Seine Biografie ist in 21 verschiedenen Sprachen auf Wikipedia verfügbar. William Playfair ist der 206th beliebteste Ingenieur (gesunken vom 150th im Jahr 2024), die 2,830th beliebteste Biografie aus Vereinigtes Königreich (gesunken vom 1,883rd im Jahr 2019) und der 22nd beliebteste aus Vereinigtes Königreich Ingenieur.

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Among Ingenieurs

Among ingenieurs, William Playfair ranks 206 out of 389. Before him are Vasily Mishin, Adolphe Alphand, Eugene Stoner, Arthur Morin, Evgeny Paton, and Franz Grashof. After him are Emily Warren Roebling, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Michele Besso, Robert Maillart, Émile Levassor, and Vladimir Petlyakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, William Playfair ranks 30. Before him are Johann Christian Reil, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Franz Krommer, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein. After him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Maximilian von Montgelas, Jakob II Bernoulli, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Josepha Weber, and Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc. Among people deceased in 1823, William Playfair ranks 24. Before him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Iosif Igelström, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, and Zacharias Werner. After him are Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Henry Raeburn, Antonio Nariño, Grace Elliott, Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, and Aaron Arrowsmith.

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In Vereinigtes Königreich

Among people born in Vereinigtes Königreich, William Playfair ranks 2,831 out of NaN. Before him are Cyril Jackson (1903), Robert Holdstock (1948), Paul Kennedy (1945), William Ernest Henley (1849), Harry Andrews (1911), and John Osborne (1929). After him are Leo Genn (1905), Andrew Birkin (1945), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), William Gregor (1761), Peter Thompson (1942), and Richard Bremmer (1953).

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Among Ingenieurs In Vereinigtes Königreich

Among ingenieurs born in Vereinigtes Königreich, William Playfair ranks 22. Before him are W. Ross Ashby (1903), John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Scott Russell (1808), John Bagot Glubb (1897), John Hughes (1814), and John Smeaton (1724). After him are André Waterkeyn (1917), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), James B. Francis (1815), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), and Joseph Bazalgette (1819).

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