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James Playfair
James Playfair may refer to: * James Playfair (architect) (1755–1794), Scottish architect * James Playfair (minister) (1738–1819), Scottish clergyman * James Playfair (businessman) James Playfair (8 July 1860 – 25 May 1937) was noted for his entrepreneurship in the Great Lakes shipping, lumbering, grain handling, and industrial manufacturing businesses. He was a central figure in the establishment of Midland, Ontario, Cana ... (1860–1937), Canadian entrepreneur * Jim Playfair (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player * James Playfair, a fictional character in the short story " The Blockade Runners" by Jules Verne {{hndis, Playfair, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Playfair (architect)
James Playfair (5 August 1755 – 23 February 1794) was a Scottish architect who worked largely in the neoclassical tradition. Biography Playfair was born in Benvie near Dundee, where his father was the parish minister. He was the brother of William Playfair the engineer, and the mathematician John Playfair. His son, William Henry Playfair (1790–1857), was also a celebrated architect, responsible for many of the buildings in Edinburgh’s New Town. James Playfair's works include Melville Castle in Midlothian and the Glens Old Parish Church, Kirriemuir (1786–1788). His most famous building is Cairness House (1791–1797), in Aberdeenshire, which used revolutionary forms of neoclassicism, and is unique in British architecture of the period. Cairness House shows the influence of the French architects Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude Nicholas Ledoux Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
