
Family tree of John NAPIER
Physicist, Mathématician, Astronomer, Geographer
Born John NAPIER
Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer
Born on November 20, 1549 in Edinburgh, Scotland , United Kingdom
Died on April 3, 1617 in Edinburgh, Scotland , United Kingdom
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Merchiston Castle from an 1834 woodcut
... As was the common practice for members of the nobility at that time, he was privately tutored and did not have formal education until he was 13, when he was sent to St Salvator's College, St Andrews.
He did not stay in college very long. It is believed that he dropped out of school in Scotland and perhaps travelled in mainland Europe to better continue his studies. Little is known about those years, where, when, or with whom he might have studied, although his uncle Adam Bothwell wrote a letter to John's father on 5 December 1560, saying "I pray you, sir, to send John to the schools either to France or Flanders, for he can learn no good at home", and it is believed that this advice was followed.
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Geographical origins
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