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Lyon Playfair
Lyon Playfair, 1st Lord Playfair of St Andrews
(
1818
-
1898
) was an
English
scientist
and
Parliamentarian
, and served as
Postmaster General
.
The
Playfair cipher
is named for him, even if invented by
Charles Wheatstone
.