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Book SynopsisThis book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.
Table of ContentsPreface: Playfair Is Introduced 1. Playfair Is Sent to Newgate Prison 2. Playfair Goes to Birmingham to Work for Boulton and Watt 3. Playfair Goes to London to Set Up His Own Business 4. Playfair Evolves into a Writer by Profession 5. Playfair Expresses His Early Political Views 6. Playfair Makes His Mark on Statistical Graphics 7. Playfair Goes to Paris 8. Playfair Tries to Take Advantage of the French Revolution 9. Playfair Escapes from France and Returns to England 10. Playfair Becomes an Avid Anti-Jacobin Propagandist 11. Playfair Gets Involved with Forged Assignats 12. Playfair Starts a Bank and Goes Bankrupt 13. Playfair Ekes Out a Living as a Bankrupt 14. Playfair Has a Good Year during 1805 with Hints of Ending Badly 15. Playfair Has Serious Legal and Other Problems 16. Playfair Dabbles Deeply into Family History and Political Biography 17. Playfair Continues Writing and Tries a Few More Scams to Get to Paris 18. Playfair Returns to Paris 19. Playfair Spends His Last Few Years in England in Poverty Afterword: Playfair Avoids a Shakespearean Epitaph Appendix: Assignat Forging by French Emigres in England Notes Index
