Ancestry of
John Napier

Mathematician and Inventor of Logarithms

John Napier

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Archibald Napier 
  • Mother:
  • Janet Bothwell   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1550 
  • Birth Location:
  • Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Apr 1617 
  • Death Location:
  • Edinburgh, Scotland 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 
  • Notes: 

  • Mathematician and inventor of logarithms

• Marriages for John Napier

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Stirling
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Feb 1571/1572

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  • Spouse:
  • Agnes Chisolm

• Sources for John Napier

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, JUL 2000, Vol. 154, Page 323.
  • ² Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 2050-2051.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 96.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "John Napier", (accessed 04/12/2011).