2) Napier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Napier, (na´per) (KEY) , city (1993 est. pop. 51,800), E central North Island, New Zealand, on Hawke Bay, close to Hastings. It is a major center for wool, as well...

3) Turner, John Napier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Turner, John Napier, 1929-, Canadian prime minister (1984). Born in England, he emigrated to Ontario with his Canadian-born mother in 1932. Trained as a lawyer, he...

4) Napier, Sir Charles James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Napier, Sir Charles James, (na´per, nper´) (KEY) , 1782-1853, British general; brother of Sir William Napier. He served with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars. Stationed...

5) MacNab, Sir Allan Napier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...MacNab, Sir Allan Napier, 1798-1862, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. He fought in the War of 1812 and later became a lawyer. A staunch supporter of English...

6) Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, 1810-90, British general. In the engineering service in India, he fought in the Sikh Wars (1845-49) and took...

7) Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount, (na´per, thes´ijr, chelms´frd) (KEY) , 1868-1933, British colonial administrator. After serving...

8) Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick, 1785-1860, British general and historian; brother of Sir Charles James Napier. He served in the Peninsular War and wrote a famous...

9) Hastings, city, New Zealand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hastings, city, New Zealand, city (1996 pop. 58,495), SE North Island, New Zealand, close to Napier. It has extensive food-processing industries, including meatpacking,...

10) Briggs, Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1596-1619), and Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford (from 1619). After publication of Napier's work on logarithms in 1614, Briggs suggested that the logarithms...