Site Represents a site. Show Point true Place The town or city St Salvator's Quadrangle, North St, St Andrews KY16 9AL Prim Media 589 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St Salvator&rsquo;s College and Chapel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived mathematicalycurious Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 312 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.341585041147155,-2.7942717075347905; Description An account of the resource St Salvator’s College and Chapel were founded by Bishop James Kennedy in 1450 and the college was originally founded with both a missionary and an educational function. The Chapel was built in a late gothic architecture style with the main entrance facing out into the street so as to also serve the wider community. Amongst the many provosts of St Salvator’s College, the mathematician and theologian John Maior (Mair) is of particular note, having held the post from 1534 until his death in 1550. Maior made important contributions to the study of infinity and logic. One of his most important works is his 1506 treatise Propositum de Infinito in which he explores the possibility of infinity existing in the physical world. In 1563 John Napier (famous for his discovery of logarithms and invention of Napier’s bones amongst other things) matriculated as a student and lived in St Salvator’s College, looked after personally by the principal John Rutherford. However there is no record of him ever graduating the university. <p>For more information on John Napier and John Maior, see <a href="https://maths.curious-sta.org/st-salvators-college-and-chapel/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1450 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource yl238 Subject The topic of the resource Mathematics,Philosophy Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT