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John Napier

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Also known as John Napier of Merchiston, Ioannes Neper

Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)

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John Napier (1550–1617) was a Scottish theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. A citizen of the Kingdom of Scotland, he was educated at the University of St Andrews and adhered to the Church of Scotland. His field of work was mathematics, and he is associated with the notable works *Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio* and Napier’s bones. Other recorded works include *Logarithmorum canonis descriptio, seu arithmeticarum supputationum mirabilis abbrevatio* and *Arcanvm svppvtationis arithmeticae*.

Napier died in Edinburgh on April 4, 1617, and was buried in St Giles' Cathedral. He spoke Spanish and English. His writings have been described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Nuttall Encyclopædia*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1550
Died
1617
Works
21

Top works

  • Logarithmorum canonis descriptio, seu arithmeticarum supputationum mirabilis abbrevatio
  • Tweede deel vande Nieuwe tel-konst, 1627
  • Arcanvm svppvtationis arithmeticae
  • Mirifici logarithmorvm canonis constrvctio
  • Logarithmorvm canonis descriptio, sev Arithmeticarvm svppvtationvm mirabilis abbreviatio

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Total plays
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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,531x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,896x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,562x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,125x

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Quotes

  • “The First Proposition. In propheticall dates of daies, weekes, moneths, and yeares, everie common propheticall day is taken for a yeare.”
  • “2. Proposition. The Seven Trumpets of the 8. and 9. chapters, and the Seven Vials of the 16. Chapter, are all one.”
  • “3. Proposition. The Star and locusts of the fift trumpet, are not the greate Antichrist and his Cleargie, but the Dominator of the Turkes and his armie, who began their dominion in anno Christi 1051.”
  • “4 Proposition. The kinges of the East, or four Angels, specified in the sixt trumpet, or sixt vial. Cap. 9. & 16. are the four nations, Mahometanes beyond and about Euphrates, who began their empire by Ottoman, in the yeare of Christ, 1296. or thereabout.”
  • “5 Proposition. The space of the fift trumpet or vial containeth 245. years, and so much also, every one of the rest of the trumpets or vials doe containe.”
  • “6 Proposition. The first Trumpet or Viall began at the Jubelee, in anno Christi 71.”

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Encyclopedic overview

John Napier of Merchiston (/ˈneɪpi.ər/ NAY-pee-ər; Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. Napier is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the Napier's bones calculating device and popularised the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.

Napier's birthplace, Merchiston Tower in Edinburgh, is now part of the facilities of Edinburgh Napier University. There is a memorial to him at St Cuthbert's Parish Church at the west end of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.

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