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John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms

painting by Archibald McGlashan
VisualArtwork painting Q27969218
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John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms

Summary

John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms is a painting[1].

Key Facts

  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms is the creator of Archibald A. McGlashan[2].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's instance of is recorded as painting[3].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's genre is recorded as portrait[4].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's depicts is recorded as John Napier[5].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's made from material is recorded as oil paint[6].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's made from material is recorded as canvas[7].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's collection is recorded as National Galleries Scotland[8].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's inventory number is recorded as PG 987[9].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's location is recorded as Scottish National Portrait Gallery[10].
  • +1925-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms[11].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's main subject is recorded as John Napier[12].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's title is recorded as John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms[13].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's Art UK artwork ID is recorded as john-napier-of-merchiston-15501617-discoverer-of-logarithms-212923[14].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's height is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount': '+63.50'}[15].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's width is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174728', 'amount': '+76.70'}[16].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's non-free artwork image URL is recorded as https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w944h944/collection/NGS/NGS/NGS_NGS_PG_987-001.jpg[17].
  • John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms's National Galleries Scotland ID is recorded as 3382[18].

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Works and Contributions

John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms is the creator of Archibald A. McGlashan[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . art.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved . art.nationalgalleries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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