Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameSir John Napier Eighth Laird Of Merchiston79,83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Birth1550, Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Death3 Apr 1617, Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, SCT79 Age: 67
Burialabt 6 Apr 1617, SCT
OccupationMathematician-Inventor Of Logarithms
EducationIn 1563, He Was Enrolled At St. Salvator's College At St. Andrews University At Age Of 13.
ReligionA Passionate Calvinist.
FatherSir Archibald Napier Seventh Laird Of Merchiston (~1533-1608)
MotherJanet Bothwell (~1530-1563)
Other spousesElizabeth Striveling
Marriageaft 157984
SpouseAgnes Chisholm79,83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Birthabt 155083, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Death1582-1644 Age: 32
Alias/AKA/Annie/
Children
DeathOct 1652
SpouseAnn Dunkeson
ChildrenAnne (1636-)
SpouseMargaret Cunningham
Death1647
Marriage1620, Contracts Dated 6/14 And 7/11
SpouseMathew Brisbane
Marriage1629, Contract Dated 1/18
BirthMerchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Lothian, SCT
Birth1580, Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, SCT
Birth1580, Of Merchiston, Edinburgh, SCT84
Birth1580/1614, Merchiston, Edinburgh, SCT
Birth1582, Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Death165579
Death166284
Death1662, Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Military ServiceBritish Army84
Military Service1925
Notes for Sir John Napier Eighth Laird Of Merchiston
At the time of John's birth his father could not have been more than 16 yrs of age.
John is universally known as the renowned inventor of the Logarithmic Canois Descriptio. This work he dedicated to Charles the Prince of Wales. In 1617 it was given to the public. He died the same year, leaving his manuscript to the care of his son Robert Napier.
He matriculated at St Andrews University in 1563 (at the age of 13!) but there is no record of him having graduated. He studied in Europe, mainly in Paris. He returned to Edinburgh in 1571 in preparation for his marriage. He is mainly remembered today for his invention of Logarithms, but he achieved much more. Although a man who would rather not be in the public eye but be immersed in his scientific studies, he was from time to time thrust into the service of Church and State. He took a great part in running the family estates and was consulted by the whole family. He did not inherit the estates of his father until 1608, when he was 58 years old.
John is universally known as the renowned inventor of the Logarithmic Canois Descriptio. This work he dedicated to Charles the Prince of Wales. In 1617 it was given to the public. He died the same year, leaving his manuscript to the care of his son Robert Napier.
He matriculated at St Andrews University in 1563 (at the age of 13!) but there is no record of him having graduated. He studied in Europe, mainly in Paris. He returned to Edinburgh in 1571 in preparation for his marriage. He is mainly remembered today for his invention of Logarithms, but he achieved much more. Although a man who would rather not be in the public eye but be immersed in his scientific studies, he was from time to time thrust into the service of Church and State. He took a great part in running the family estates and was consulted by the whole family. He did not inherit the estates of his father until 1608, when he was 58 years old.
Notes for Sir John Napier Eighth Laird Of Merchiston
At the time of John's birth his father was 17 years of age.
John is universally known as the renowned inventor of the Logarithmic Canois Descriptio. This work he dedicated to Charles the Prince of WALES. In 1617 it was given to the public. He died the same year, leaving his manuscript to the care of his son Robert Napier.
John also was a fervent Protestant and published "The Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" in 1593. Part of the preface said the work was "for preventing the apparent danger of Papistry arising within this Island..."
Different sources place his death on April 2, April 3, or April 4, 1617.
John is universally known as the renowned inventor of the Logarithmic Canois Descriptio. This work he dedicated to Charles the Prince of WALES. In 1617 it was given to the public. He died the same year, leaving his manuscript to the care of his son Robert Napier.
John also was a fervent Protestant and published "The Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John" in 1593. Part of the preface said the work was "for preventing the apparent danger of Papistry arising within this Island..."
Different sources place his death on April 2, April 3, or April 4, 1617.
Notes for Agnes Chisholm
Agnes was from the same family as John’s father’s second wife.
Notes for William (Child 2)
William is said to be the ancestor of the Napiers of Craiganet.
Notes for Robert (Child 10)
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Notes for Robert (Child 10)
Inherited the lands of Boquhopple (Bowhopple) in 1620, Drumhony in 1628, and Culcreuch in 1634. He edited and published his father’s papers. He was put on the Commission of the Peace for Stirlingshire and, with others, managed the estates of his nephew, the second Lord Napier, during the Commonwealth.