Lyon Playfair, British Chemist and Liberal Politician
Lyon Playfair (May 1, 1818 - May 29, 1898) was a British scientist and Liberal politician. In 1843, Playfair was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Manchester Institution. Two years later, he was made chemist to the Geological Survey, and subsequently became Professor in the new School of Mines. In 1848, he was elected to the Royal Society. Playfair gave two lectures, organized by the Society of Arts, devoted to technical education, which he considered in Britain to be unfit for an increasingly competitive world. They aroused great public interest and the government established the Department of Science and Art soon afterwards. Lithograph by Thomas Herbert Maguire, 1851 (cropped and cleaned)
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