Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameSir Archibald Napier Seventh Laird Of Merchiston83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Birthabt 1533, Merchiston, Mid Lothian, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998
Death15 May 1608, Merchiston, Mid Lothian, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998 Age: 75
FatherAlexander Napier Sixth Laird Of Merchiston (1509-1547)
MotherAnnabella Campbell (~1511-<1591)
Other spousesElizabeth Mowbray
Marriage1549
SpouseJanet Bothwell83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998,76
Birthabt 1530, SCT
Death20 Dec 1563, Merchiston, Mid Lothian, SCT83, Date of Import: Sep 13, 1998 Age: 33
FatherFrancis Bothwell (1482-~1536)
MotherKatherine Bellenden (~1497-<1560)
Children
Deathabt 1560, SCT
Death1604, SCT
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
Notes for Sir Archibald Napier Seventh Laird Of Merchiston
Knighted before 1570, appointed Master of the Mint in 1587.
Notes for John (Child 3)
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 John (Child 3)
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.