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Image of mathematician Josephat Martin Harvey. Image from MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive who don't own the rights to this image, but recognize it as being within the Public Domain.

John Napier (1550 - 1617 ) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer. At the age of 13, he began his studies at the Saint Salvator's college of the University of St Andrews. He contributed a lot to Mathematics, by developing the concept…

John Napier, the “Marvellous Merchiston” (as he was known in his day), was a Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and discoverer of logarithms invented the so-called ‘Napier’s bones’, and made common the use of the decimal point.…

Profession: Historian Philosopher Theologian (Professional) Role in St Andrews: Lecturer in arts and theology, assessor to the dean of the arts faculty Provost of St Salvator’s College 1534-1550 Dean of the faculty of theology…

Scottish Mathematician John Mair (sometimes Maoir) worked in both Paris and St Andrews teaching logic and theology. He studied at Cambridge (rare for a Scot at this time), where he spent around a year before furthering his studies in France. He…