Organisation Biographical Text D.O.B: 1786 D.O.D: 1861 Family origins: Father: Dr James Playfair, principal of United college St Andrews Mother: Margaret Lyon Education: Grammar school of Dundee Classes in St Andrews Contribution Involved in which fields of scholarship? Photography Urban planning Most famous contribution(s) to scholarship/inventions/… 1 (i.e. in photography): Connections to Antoine Claudet, a French photographer, who also introduced photographic improvements: pioneered photography in St Andrews Worked with David Brewster on the Calotype process Most famous contribution(s) to scholarship/inventions/… 2: Urban reform in St Andrews: streets straighter, new streets If you want to read one thing written by him/her, it should be: First Catechism of the Principles of Religion (1853) Misc Any political involvement? East India Company’s Bengal army Any religious involvement? Deeply religious Other societies/groups in St Andrews? Royal and Ancient Golf Club (captain!) Other societies/groups elsewhere? Founder of Edinburgh Calotype Club (but not a member) Associated places in St Andrews: (e.g. home, lab, favourite spot) His large house, St Leonhard’s West (part of old St Leonhard’s college, St Andrews) Grave: Cathedral Possible human interest story 1: After having received leave from the army for health reasons, he traveled back to Scotland and met Napoleon on St Helena on the way Possible human interest story 2: The urban reform of St Andrews driven by Playfair caused the front stairs of most houses to be demolished, but also resulted in buildings like a new town hall. Possible human interest story 3: Playfair was a keen actor and played theatre in his house. Possible human interest story 4: His plans were often criticized, but he often convinced the people of them with his dry humour. Connected to other people in St Andrews or elsewhere?: David Brewster John Adamson Awards/Honours: 1856: knighted 1856: degree of LLD from St Andrews Any eye-witness testimony/stories: Nephew Lyon Playfair Biographical sources: (e.g. OxDNB, family memoir, other...) OxDNB Nephew Lyon Playfair Available images of the person: Several images in University Photographic Collections St Andrews In National Galleries of Scotland Available images of places/objects associated with the person: Charles Lees: The Golfers (painting with Playfair) Plenty of photographs of the Cathedral in St Andrews Photographic Collections Grave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lyon_Playfair End Date 1861 Wikidata ID Q5931547 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hugh Lyon Playfair Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived history Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 189 Type The nature or genre of the resource Organisation Subject The topic of the resource Photography Description An account of the resource Profession: Army officer: military leader Talents etc.: Campaigning, management Golfing Acting Fund-raising Private life/family life: Married Jane Dalgleish of Scotscraig in 1820: they had 6 sons and 5 daughters (Professional) Role in St Andrews: Provost 1842 – 1861 Years in St Andrews: Early life Bought house in 1820 Life after military career (from 1832 onwards) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1786 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Francesco Alessandrini Lupia Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lyon_Playfair