John Napier was born in Merchiston Edinburgh, in 1550. He was known as "Marvelous Merchiston" for his genius and imagination. When he was just 13 years old when he attended St. Salvador's College, University of St. Andrews. Although he attended the school he left it without graduating. Not much is know about Napier's life outside of mathematics. It is know however that he married his first wife Elizabeth who bore him one son, but she died in …showed first 75 words of 275 total…

…showed last 75 words of 275 total…calculation, making him the grandfather of our modern day calculator. He also was a great supporter of the decimal fraction system. It appears as though he was the one who introduced this system into common usage, therefore eliminating all use of a notation to show a fractional position. Napier made some great discoveries, and is considered to be a great scientist like Einstein. Thanks to him though we have easier methods of doing complicated things!