URI(s)
Variants
- Neperus, Ioannes, 1550-1617
- Nepair, John, 1550-1617
- Neper, Dzhon, 1550-1617
- Neper, John, 1550-1617
- Naipper, John, 1550-1617
- Neperus, Joannes, 1550-1617
- Merchistone, Lord of (John Napier), 1550-1617
- Merchiston, Lord of (John Napier), 1550-1617
- Merchistoun, Lord of (John Napier), 1550-1617
- Marvellous Merchiston
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1550-02-01
Death Date
- 1617-04-04
Birth Place
Associated Locale
- Merchiston Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Field Of Activity
- Field Of Activity: Mathematics
Field Of Activity
- Field Of Activity: Logarithms
Field Of Activity
- Field Of Activity: Astronomy
Field Of Activity
- Field Of Activity: Theology
Occupation
- Occupation: Mathematicians
Occupation
- Occupation: Physicists
Occupation
- Occupation: Astronomers
Associated Language
Associated Language
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio, 1614.
- found: DNB(Napier or Neper, John, 1550-1617)
- found: InU/Wing STC files(usage: John Naipper)
- found: Gunter, E. A canon of triangles, 1620:t.p. (the Lord of Merchistone)
- found: Wikipedia, 5 Jun. 2008(John Napier of Merchistoun; Marvellous Merchiston)
- found: Wikipedia, 1 April, 2020(John Napier of Merchiston (1 February 1550-4 April 1617); also signed as Neper, Nepair; nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston; was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer; was the 8th Laird of Merchiston; born in Merchiston Tower [also known as Merchiston Castle] in Edinburgh, now part of the facilities of Edinburgh Napier University; is best known as the discoverer of logarithms; he also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics; died at home at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh)
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Change Notes
- 1980-12-03: new
- 2025-08-04: revised
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