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John Napier of Merchiston (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
Napier was the son of Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet and his second wife Penelope Egerton, daughter of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater and was baptised at Luton Hoo on 5 July 1636. He succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father on 4 March 1661.
Napier earned a position as an Associate Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has designed for the National Theatre, notably the production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, Trelawny of the Wells, An Enemy of the People and Candide. John Napier has also designed for the Royal Opera House, for Glyndebourne, for the English National Opera and
The title then passed to his aunt, Margaret Napier, wife of John Brisbane who was Secretary to the Admiralty in the reign of Charles II of England. [2] She was succeeded by her grandson, Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier, who was originally Francis Scott but adopted the name and arms of Napier. [2]
Home Town star Erin Napier says daughters Mae and Helen "just needed a little Christmas" in sweet post.
The estate was inherited by George Maxwell of Newark and Tealing (1678–1744) in 1694, when he assumed the name of his maternal grandfather, John Napier of Kilmahew, but having no legitimate children he was the last of the name, although the Napier of Kilmahew coat of arms survives as a quartering of those of Noble of Ardmore, who therefore ...
'Home Town' star Erin Napier shared never-before-seen photos of her daughter and husband, Ben, in honor of Father's Day.
Erin Napier got some wins over the weekend. The HGTV star said on Instagram Jan. 30 that she and her husband, Ben Napier, experienced so many moments with their daughters, Mae, 1, and Helen, 5 ...