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-'''John Napier''' (1550-1617, 8th Laird of Merchiston, [[Scottish]] mathematician, is known as the inventor of [[logarithms]]. He was born near [[Edinburgh]]. Though he studied in [[France]] then at St. Andrews, he never held a professional position.
+'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) 8th Laird of Merchiston, [[Scottish]] mathematician, is known as the inventor of [[logarithms]]. He was born near [[Edinburgh]]. Though he studied in [[France]] then at St. Andrews, he never held a professional position.
 He developed the use of the decimal point to separate a whole number from the fraction of a number and over twenty years he worked out the base ten for logarithms – results with tables and explanations were published in'' Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio'' (''Description of the Marvellous Canon of Logarithms'') in 1614 although improvements were made up to the year of his death.

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-'''John Napier''' (1550-1617, 8th Laird of Merchiston, [[Scottish]] mathematician, is known as the inventor of [[logarithms]. He was born near [[Edinburgh]]. Though he studied in [[France]] then at St. Andrews, he never held a professional position.
+'''John Napier''' (1550-1617, 8th Laird of Merchiston, [[Scottish]] mathematician, is known as the inventor of [[logarithms]]. He was born near [[Edinburgh]]. Though he studied in [[France]] then at St. Andrews, he never held a professional position.
 He developed the use of the decimal point to separate a whole number from the fraction of a number and over twenty years he worked out the base ten for logarithms – results with tables and explanations were published in'' Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio'' (''Description of the Marvellous Canon of Logarithms'') in 1614 although improvements were made up to the year of his death.

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-Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered theology his career.  In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John," in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of [[Revelations]] that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>
+'''John Napier''' (1550-1617, 8th Laird of Merchiston, [[Scottish]] mathematician, is known as the inventor of [[logarithms]. He was born near [[Edinburgh]]. Though he studied in [[France]] then at St. Andrews, he never held a professional position.
 ==References==
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-'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."
+'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish [[mathematician]] and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."
 Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered theology his career.  In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John," in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of [[Revelations]] that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>
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 '''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."
-Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career.  In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John," in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>
+Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered theology his career.  In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John," in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of [[Revelations]] that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>
 [[Category:Mathematicians|Napier, John]]

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	'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."		'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."

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	Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career. In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John", in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>		Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career. In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John", in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>

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	Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career. In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John", in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>		Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career. In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John", in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>

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-John Napier (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."
+'''John Napier''' (1550-1617) was a Scottish mathematician and devout Christian who invented the [[logarithm]] in order to simplify calculations, and express and manipulate large numbers. He also invented an early antecedent of the slide rule known as "Napier's bones."
 Napier considered mathematics only a hobby, but considered Theology his career.  In 1593 he published a work called "A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John", in which he claimed he had calculated from the book of Revelations that the end of the world would come in 1688 or 1700 and that Pope Clement VIII was the [[Antichrist]].<ref>http://www.johnnapier.com/john_napier_and_the_devil.htm</ref>
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