Title

'Napier', (1550-1617), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Napier', (1550-1617), 1830. John Napier of Merchiston (1550-1617) Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, educated at University of St Andrews. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_409

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,3Mb (3,5Mb) / 13,0in x 18,0in / 3907 x 5394 (300dpi)

Keywords

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