Designer of the Year: John Napier was nominated but did not win. Musical of the Year: Claude-Michel Schonberg was nominated but did not win. Musical of the Year: Alain Boublil was nominated but ...

and greatly simplified mathematical calculations. John Napier, Baron of Merchiston, Scotland, invents logs in 1614. Logs allow multiplication and division to be reduced to addition and subtraction.

John Napier Turner. Sworn-in as the 17th prime minister on June 30, 1984, Turner made a 24-hour whirlwind visit to England a week later to ask Her Majesty the Queen personally to delay her tour of ...