David Napier is the name of:
- David Napier (automotive engineer) (1785–1873), Scottish engineer
- David Napier (marine engineer) (1790–1869), Scottish marine engineer
- David Napier (director), director of The War of Jenkins Ear
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or napier:
“To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common sense, it contains only enduring and essential truth, the I and you, the here and there, the now and then, being omitted. Either time or rare wisdom writes it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children—not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.”
—Augustus Y. Napier (20th century)