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Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair — Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, GCB, PC, FRS (May 1, 1818 ndash; May 29, 1898) was a Scottish scientist and Parliamentarian.Born at Chunar, Bengal, son of the Inspector General of Hospitals in that region, Playfair was educated at the… … Wikipedia
Playfair — Real people= Playfair is a surname, and may refer to* Andrew W. Playfair (1790–1868), Canadian politician, son of William * Henry Playfair (born 1983), Australian rules footballer * Ian Stanley Ord Playfair (1894 1972), a general in the British… … Wikipedia
playfair cipher — noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Lyon, Baron Playfair died 1898 British scientist & public official : a cipher involving a digraphic substitution from a single alphabet square which begins with the letters of a keyword and… … Useful english dictionary
John Playfair — Portrait von Henry Raeburn John Playfair (* 10. März 1748 in Benvie (bei Dundee), Schottland; † 20. Juli 1819 in Burntisland, Fife, Schottland) war ein schottischer Mathematiker und … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lyon Playfair — Lyon Playfair, 1. Baron Playfair (* 1. Mai 1818 in Chunar, Bengalen; † 29. Mai 1898 in South Kensington) war ein britischer Chemiker und Politiker. Leben und Wirken Er studierte Chemie u. a. bei Justus von Liebig … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding — Dowding redirects here. For other uses, see Dowding (disambiguation). The Baron Dowding Sir Hugh Dowding Nickname … Wikipedia
Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford — Dennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford KBE PC (25 February 1869 – 10 December 1947), was a British Conservative politician. Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire. He was elected… … Wikipedia
Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew — Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew, PC, TD (13 January 1888 – 11 January 1979) was a Scottish Unionist politician. Born in Ayrshire, he was educated at Uppingham School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. MacAndrew was elected at the 1924 … Wikipedia
Michael Morris, Baron Naseby — For other people of the same name, see Michael Morris (disambiguation). Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, PC (born 25 November 1936) is a British Conservative Party politician. Born in London, he was first elected to the House of… … Wikipedia
Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne — Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC (8 May 1914 5 July 2009[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician. Murton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne[2] and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a… … Wikipedia
