British politician and chemist (1818-1898)

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Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851.

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Museum of Practical Geology: a lecture by Lyon Playfair on the chemistry, manufacture and uses of glass. Wood engraving, 1852.

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Stipple engraving by G. Cook after A. Claudet.

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Colour lithograph by C. Pellegrini [Ape], 1875.

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair. Photograph by Barraud.

Memoirs and correspondence of Lyon Playfair / Thomas Wemyss Reid ; a new introd. by Colin Armstrong.

Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by Lyon Playfair. Ph. D.

Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by L. Playfair.

Subjects of social welfare / by Sir Lyon Playfair.

Facts about vaccination : speeches in Parliament, 19th June, 1883 / by Sir Lyon Playfair and Sir Chas. Dilke, Bart.

Vivisection : a speech delivered in the House of Commons on the second reading of Mr. Reid's Bill for the total suppression of scientific experiments upon animals, April 4th, 1883 / by the Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair.

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Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

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Works from the collections

Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by L. Playfair.

Subjects of social welfare / by Sir Lyon Playfair.

Facts about vaccination : speeches in Parliament, 19th June, 1883 / by Sir Lyon Playfair and Sir Chas. Dilke, Bart.

Memoirs and correspondence of Lyon Playfair / Thomas Wemyss Reid ; a new introd. by Colin Armstrong.

Vivisection : a speech delivered in the House of Commons on the second reading of Mr. Reid's Bill for the total suppression of scientific experiments upon animals, April 4th, 1883 / by the Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair.

Frequent collaborators

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

Images from the collections

Images by Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

Images featuring Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

Works from the collections

Organic chemistry in its applications to agriculture and physiology ... / Edited from the manuscript of the author by L. Playfair.

Subjects of social welfare / by Sir Lyon Playfair.

Facts about vaccination : speeches in Parliament, 19th June, 1883 / by Sir Lyon Playfair and Sir Chas. Dilke, Bart.

Memoirs and correspondence of Lyon Playfair / Thomas Wemyss Reid ; a new introd. by Colin Armstrong.

Vivisection : a speech delivered in the House of Commons on the second reading of Mr. Reid's Bill for the total suppression of scientific experiments upon animals, April 4th, 1883 / by the Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair.

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