John Playfair
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1748
- Died
- 1819
- Works
- 35
Top works
- Elements of plane geometry according to Euclid
- New lights!!
- Dissertation second
- Elements of geometry
- The element of geometry
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,169x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,302x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,187x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 March 1748
- Died
- 20 July 1819
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dundee
- Place of death
- Burntisland
- Sibling
- William Playfair
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Position held
- parson
- Employer
- Adam Ferguson
Connections
Categories
1748 births1819 deaths18th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland18th-century Scottish mathematicians18th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers18th-century Scottish scholars19th-century British mathematicians19th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland19th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministersAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of St Andrews