John Napier of Merchiston (/ˈneɪpiər/ NAY-pee-ər; Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a...
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John Napier Wyndham Turner PC CC QC (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of...
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John Napier (1550–1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer. John Napier may also refer to: John Light Napier (born 1947), U.S. Representative...
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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (redirect from Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford of Chelmsford)
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933), styled the Lord Chelmsford until 1921...
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Admiral Sir Charles John Napier KCB GOTE (6 March 1786 – 6 November 1860) was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service...
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William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier, Baron Napier (Chinese: 律勞卑) FRSE (13 October 1786 – 11 October 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer and trade envoy...
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John Napier (born 1 March 1944) is a set designer for Broadway and London theatrical performances. John Napier was born in London. He studied at Hornsey...
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Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland for the calculation of products and quotients...
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History of logarithms (section Napier)
The method of logarithms was publicly propounded for the first time by John Napier in 1614, in his book entitled Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio...
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Sir Walter John Napier (10 July 1857 – 14 February 1945) was an English barrister who was the fourth Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements and the...
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John Russell Napier, MRCS, LRCP, D.Sc. (11 March 1917 – 29 August 1987) was a British primatologist, paleoanthropologist, and physician, who is notable...
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and philosopher John Napier. The technical college was inaugurated as a university in 1992 by Lord Douglas-Hamilton, becoming Napier University. In 2009...
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E (mathematical constant) (redirect from Napier constant)
{\displaystyle \gamma } . Alternatively, e can be called Napier's constant after John Napier. The Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli discovered the constant...
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Robert Napier may refer to: Robert Napier (engineer) (1791–1876), Scottish marine engineer Sir Robert Napier (judge) (died 1615), English judge, Member...
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Logarithm (redirect from Napier logarithm)
is frequently used in computer science. Logarithms were introduced by John Napier in 1614 as a means of simplifying calculations. They were rapidly adopted...
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William Hall Napier (born July 21, 1979) is an American football coach currently serving as head coach at the University of Florida. From 2017 until 2021...
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Lord Napier (1758–1823) William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834) Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, 1st Baron Ettrick (1819–1898) William John George...
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John Napier (born December 12, 1986) is an American bobsled driver and a soldier in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. He won the two-man event...
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choreographer Arlene Phillips was brought on board along with the designer John Napier, who suggested staging the show on roller skates. In 1983, the first...
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Patterson–Gimlin film (section John Napier)
Retrieved May 20, 2015. Krantz, 301–04 Napier, 205 – 2nd printing Napier, 95 Napier, 90–94 Napier, 94 Napier, 126 Wasson, 72–76, 78–79 Wylie, Bigfoot:...
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men were executed as warlocks. In his day, the Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) was often perceived as a warlock or magician because his...
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1889 when Manchester barrister Walter John Napier joined English solicitor Alfred Henry Drew. In 2000, Drew & Napier formed into a limited liability company...
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John Russell Napier (5 January 1859 – 12 March 1939) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University...
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Jack Napier may refer to: Jack Napier (actor) Joker (Jack Napier), the real name of the Joker in the 1989 film Batman John Napier (disambiguation) This...
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Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC (15 September 1819 – 19 December 1898) was a British polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator...
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Spherical trigonometry (redirect from Napier Circle)
came to fruition in Early Modern times with important developments by John Napier, Delambre and others, and attained an essentially complete form by the...
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Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre,...
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Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian and scenic design by John Napier. In December 1994, the London production became the Theatre Royal's (Drury...
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rule in the 17th century based on the emerging work on logarithms by John Napier. It made calculations faster and less error-prone than evaluating on...
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half-brother of the mathematician John Napier. He was born in Merchiston Castle the third son of the second marriage of Archibald Napier, 7th laird of Merchiston...
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