John

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John is the given name of the Scottish mathematician and geologist John Playfair, known for his work on geometry and for popularizing James Hutton’s theories of geology.

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instanceOf human
academicDiscipline mathematics
natural philosophy
citizenship Scotland NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1748-03-10
dateOfDeath 1819-07-20
described James Hutton’s theory of the Earth for a wider audience
educatedAt University of St Andrews NERFINISHED
era 18th century
19th century
familyName Playfair NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork geology
geometry
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasAxiomNamedAfter Playfair’s axiom NERFINISHED
hasNameInLanguage John Playfair (English) NERFINISHED
influenced development of uniformitarian geology
influencedBy James Hutton NERFINISHED
knownFor clarity of expository writing in science
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableFor Playfair’s axiom in geometry NERFINISHED
popularizing James Hutton’s geological theories
notableWork Elements of Geometry NERFINISHED
Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth NERFINISHED
occupation geologist
mathematician
placeOfBirth Angus NERFINISHED
Benvie NERFINISHED
Scotland
placeOfDeath Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh
Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
religion Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED

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John Playfair givenName John