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Scottish mathematician (1550–1617)

For other people with the same name, see John Napier (disambiguation).

John Napier of Merchiston (NAY-pee-ər;^[1]Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.

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He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston.

John Napier 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.

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 at the west side of Edinburgh.^[2]

Life

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