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Lyon Playfair, 1st Lord Playfair of St Andrews (1818 - 1898) was a Scottish scientist and Parliamentarian, and served as Postmaster General.

The Playfair cipher is named for him, even if invented by Charles Wheatstone.

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	'''Lyon Playfair, 1st Lord Playfair of St Andrews''' ([[1818]] - [[1898]]) was an [[~~England~~\|~~English~~]] [[scientist]] and [[Parliament]]arian, and served as [[United Kingdom Postmaster General\|Postmaster General]].		'''Lyon Playfair, 1st Lord Playfair of St Andrews''' ([[1818]] - [[1898]]) was a [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[scientist]] and [[Parliament]]arian, and served as [[United Kingdom Postmaster General\|Postmaster General]].

	The [[Playfair cipher]] is named for him, even if invented by [[Charles Wheatstone]].		The [[Playfair cipher]] is named for him, even if invented by [[Charles Wheatstone]].