Scientist. A Scottish mathematician, he invented logarithms and popularized the use of the decimal point. His home, Merchiston Tower, lies at the center of Napier University, which was named after him.
Scientist. A Scottish mathematician, he invented logarithms and popularized the use of the decimal point. His home, Merchiston Tower, lies at the center of Napier University, which was named after him.
Bio by: Ronald Land
Inscription
In this place (approximately)
is buried the body of
JOHN NAPIER
who by his marvellous invention
of logarithms
won for himself the everlasting
remembrance of posterity.
Died 4 April AD 1617 aged 67.
This tablet is put here to honour this great man
AD 1842
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