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==Early life== Playfair was born at [[Chunar]], [[Bengal]], the son of [[George Playfair]] (1781β1845), the chief inspector-general of hospitals in that region, and Janet Ross (1795β1862), daughter of John Ross.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book | title = Doctors, Politics and Society: Historical Essays | publisher = Rodopi, 1993 | author = Dorothy Porter, Roy Porter (editors) | volume = 23 | chapter = Lyon Playfair and the Idea of Progress}}</ref> The family was fairly middle class with strong academic roots in [[University of St Andrews]], his grandfather being [[James Playfair (minister)|Rev Prof James Playfair]], [[Principal of the University of St Andrews]]. All of Playfair's siblings were sent back to Scotland to avoid the hazards of an Indian upbringing.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Playfair was named after his uncle, [[Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair]], and was educated at the [[University of St Andrews]], the [[Andersonian Institute]] in Glasgow, and the [[University of Edinburgh]]. After going to [[Calcutta]] at the end of 1837, he became private laboratory assistant to [[Thomas Graham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]] at [[University College, London]], and in 1839 went to work under [[Justus Liebig]] at the [[University of Giessen]].
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