Playfair, James ♂

Education

Student United College 1830-1831 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1831-1832 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov. 1832-1833 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Math. 1 1833-1834 Ethics; Math. 2 & 3; Civ. Hist. 1834-1835 Lat. Prov.; Physics; Chem.

Birth/childhood

Born 1817 son of Colonel William Davidson Playfair and Anne Ross. [Soldier]

Career

Secretary, Bank of Dacca.

Death

Died at Calcutta [India] 16.4.1845 aged 27.

Sources

• Fifeshire Jnl. 18.6.1846
• Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground