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English: Portrait engraving of John Napier (1550-1617), the inventor of logarithms ; based on a 1616 original painting in the University of Edinburgh.
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Source Engraving by Samuel Freeman (1773-1857). From Robert Chambers (ed.), A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen , Vol. 4, facing page 88. Glasgow: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1835. See also [1] and [2] . This scan from [3] .
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Samuel Freeman (1773–1857) wikidata:Q7411419
Description English artist and engraver
Date of birth/death 1773 Edit this at Wikidata 27 February 1857 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q7411419
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John Napier

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