Person    | Male  Born 1550  Died 4/4/1617

John Napier

Categories: Science

Countries: Scotland

Mathematician. Born Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, his family home. 7th Laird of Merchiston (though Wikipedia says 8th). Inventor of logarithms. Died Edinburgh.

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