Francis Bacon vs John Napier
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Compare the life timelines of Francis Bacon (1561–1626) and John Napier (1550–1617) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1561 to 1617.
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Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
- — Born at York House, London Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Cambridge
- — Appointed Lord Chancellor of England Verified
- — Published Novum Organum Verified
- — Died at Highgate, near London Verified
John Napier (1550–1617)
- — Born at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland Verified
- — Matriculated at St Salvator's College, University of St Andrews Verified
- — Married Elizabeth Stirling Verified
- — Married Agnes Chisholm as his second wife Verified
- — Published A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John Verified
- — Succeeded as 8th Laird of Merchiston Verified
- — Published Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio, introducing logarithms Verified
- — Published Rabdologiae, describing the calculating rods known as Napier's bones Verified
- — Died at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh Verified