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John Napier - LoveToKnow 1911 JOHN NAPIER (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician and inventor of logarithms, was born at Merchiston near Edinburgh in 1550, and was the eighth Napier of Merchiston. Alexander's eldest son (Alexander, sixth of Merchiston) was born in 1513, and fell at the battle of Pinkie in 1547. Among the Merchiston papers is a thin quarto volume in Robert Napier's writing containing a digest of the principles of alchemy; it is addressed to his son, and on the first leaf there are directions that it is to remain in his charter-chest and be kept secret except from a few. www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Napier   (4983 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Merchiston Castle School Merchiston Castle School, often referred to as MCS, has just 434 pupils and is only open to boys between the ages of 8 and 18, most of whom board. As Merchiston is predominantly a boarding school, with a boarding ethos, he will come under the care of the Head of the Junior School and the Housemaster(s) of Pringle during this time. Although Merchiston is an all boys school, there is a wide range of curricular, co-curricular and social links with girls’ schools, in particular St George’s School for Girls, St Margaret’s School for Girls, both in Edinburgh, and Kilgraston School, in Perthshire. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Merchiston-Castle-School   (2546 words)

John Napier His father, Sir Alexander Napier of Edinbellie, in the former county, and Merchiston, in the county of Edinburgh, was master of the mint to James VI., and was only sixteen years of age when the subject of this memoir was born. He is then found settled at the family seats of Merchiston, near Edinburgh, and Gartness, in Stirlingshire, where he seems to have practiced the life of a recluse student, without the least desire to mingle actively in political affairs. He died, April 3, 1617, at Merchiston castle, and was buried in the church of St Giles, on the eastern side of its southern entrance, where is still to be seen a stone tablet, exposed to the street, and bearing the following inscription:—"Sep. familiae Naperoru. www.electricscotland.com /history/other/john_napier.htm   (3482 words)

Merchiston Castle School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merchiston Castle School is a private boarding school located in the village of Colinton just outside Edinburgh in Scotland. In 1930, the governors decided to move the school to Colinton House and the ruins of Colinton Castle, four miles south-west of the Edinburgh in the village of Colinton. Although Merchiston is an all boys school, there is a wide range of curricular, co-curricular and social links with girls’ schools, in particular St George’s School for Girls, St Margaret’s School for Girls, both in Edinburgh, and Kilgraston School, in Perthshire. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merchiston_Castle_School   (1418 words)

Merchiston Information Merchiston is a prosperous, mainly residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh. A campus forming a major part of Napier University is in the area; it includes Merchiston Tower (or Castle), once the home of John Napier, eighth Laird of Merchiston and the inventor of logarithms. The tower was sold by The Honourable John Scott Napier, fourteenth Laird of Merchiston in 1914 to the Merchiston Castle School board who used it up until 1930, when the school moved to a new site in Colinton (although retained its name). www.bookrags.com /Merchiston   (256 words)

Merchiston Castle School Merchiston Castle School is situated in Edinburgh, one of Europe's most historic and thriving cultural centres. Merchiston has a friendly atmosphere and pastoral care is a top priority; that this is in fact the case is clearly acknowledged in the recent 'Care and Welfare' report by H. Inspectorate of Education. The pass rate at A level in 2006 was 100%, with 77% of grades awarded at A and B, whilst at GCSE 81% of the grades were awarded at A*, A and B. In addition, 90% of students gained places at their first choice of university. www.darch.co.uk /schools/m/merchisn/index.html   (574 words)

Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, Independent Boys' Boarding and Day School in Scotland An Easter Sports Camp for boys and girls aged 6 to 14 is being run at Merchiston for the fourth year running from 3rd to the 7th April 2006. In addition to its academic achievements, Merchiston is widely recognized for its sporting excellence and the camp will be run by some of the School's professional coaches. All activities will take place in the secure setting of Merchiston's extensive parkland where the boys and girls will be able to make use of the School's excellent sporting facilities. www.merchiston.co.uk /ecamp.html   (306 words)

Merchiston Merchiston is a monastic (boys only) school and was established in 1892. Merchiston caters to the needs of boys from all walks of life and serves to enrich their lives in a very real and meaningful way. The essence of the Merchiston ethos is a value system that will not be compromised in any way. www.merchiston.co.za   (187 words)

Renfrewshire Community Website - Merchiston Hospital drama project To commemorate the closure of Merchiston Hospital in 2007, NHS Argyll and Clyde’s Learning Disability Directorate is pleased to announce the start of a drama project with partner’s PACE theatre. Merchiston Hospital is scheduled for closure by August 2007, by which time all remaining patients will have agreed suitable alternative care arrangements in place. If you have been in contact with Merchiston Hospital at any time and have a memory which you would like to share and be included in the drama project, please contact either Drew Perrie, Julian Heng, Marie Gormley, Grace Canero or Seona Weir on 01505 328 261. www.renfrewshire.gov.uk /ilwwcm/publishing.nsf/Content/ce-jl-merchiston-hospital-drama-project   (346 words)

merchnap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Merchiston Tower was built right in the middle of it, on the highest part of the estate, and the district around it is still known as Merchiston to this day. In 1512, the estates of Merchiston were raised to a free barony and "infeft" (ie granted legal possession of) in his son, Alexander. The unidentified author of "A History of the Napiers of Merchiston" identifies her as Isabella and says that she was identified as the wife of Robert Napier of Wrychtishousi in 1513, 1514 and 1523, and married for a second time to Thomas Corry of Kelwood in 1536 and 1541. www.napier.ac.uk /depts/clan_napier/merchnap.htm   (2601 words)

Welcome to Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh The contents of these pages are the responsibility of Merchiston Castle School and have been placed in good faith. Whilst Merchiston Castle School endeavours to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, Merchiston Castle School or its contractors will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period. Whilst Merchiston Castle School endeavours to ensure that the information on this site is correct, no warranty, expressed or implied, is given as to its accuracy and Merchiston Castle School does not accept any liability for error or omission. www.merchiston.co.uk /legal.html   (428 words)

Merchiston Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Merchiston Tower as it appeared in 1829, showing the addition to the front made by the Merchiston Castle School, which occupied it at that time. Merchiston Castle or Merchiston Tower was probably built by Alexander Napier, the second Laird of Merchiston around 1454. Merchiston Castle was probably built as a country house, but its strategic position and the turbulent political situation required it to be heavily fortified - with some walls as much as six feet thick - and it was frequently under siege. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merchiston_Castle   (498 words)

MERCHISTON INFO AND TIPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) The housing is primarily a mixture of large, late Georgian and early Victorian villas, togther with a smaller number of Victorian tenements and some relatively large, early-twentieth century villas. A large campus forming part of Napier University is in this area; it includes Merchiston Tower (or Castle), once the home of John Napier, eighth Laird of Merchiston and the inventor of logarithms. The tower was sold by The Honourable John Scott Napier, fourteenth Laird of Merchiston in 1914 to the Merchiston Castle School board who used it up until 1930, when the school moved to a green field site in Colinton. www.ihabits.com /Merchiston   (262 words)

Ch 3: The District of the Burghmuir - Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant - Volume V John Napier of Merchiston was Provost 17th of May, 1484, and his son and successor, Sir Archibald, founded a chaplaincy and altar in honour of St. Salvator in St. Giles’s Church in November, 1493. On the 10th of the subsequent June the queen's troops, under George, Earl of Huntly, with a small train of artillery, made another attack upon Merchiston, while their cavalry scoured all the fields between it and Blackford-fields now covered with long lines of stately and beautiful villas-bringing in forty head of cattle and sheep. By the time the guns had played on Merchiston from two till four o'clock p.m., two decided breaches were made in the walls. www.oldandnewedinburgh.co.uk /volume5/page47.html   (584 words)

The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Meet on Merchiston Estate issue today The Forest Department has charged a case against the management for cutting forest trees from areas vested in Government early this month while the management complained that forest officials were not allowing the estate to function. The estates in the area were planning for hotels and resorts in the area which might tend to alter the land use pattern. The Bonacaud Estate, Merchiston and Ponmudi Estates were in the catchment of Thodayar, Kallar and Kallada rivers respectively. www.hindu.com /2007/05/16/stories/2007051606960400.htm   (678 words)

Youth & Schools News Trailing 0-7 at the interval Merchiston rallied and full-back Hamish Lock all but squeezed in at the left corner only to be denied by a double tackle within two minutes of the restart. Merchiston’s pack were winning ball but their backs could not penetrate their opponents defence. Merchiston’s persistence gained deserved reward four minutes from time as left winger Peter Aitchison was released by Jonathan Baird off scrum-ball to dot down for their try. www.scottishrugby.org /sru/community-rugby/youth-and-schools/youth-and-schools-news.cfm?news_uuid=DF680570-E6BF-AD99-A030-CE923C8228CB&newsDisplayMethod=article   (569 words)

Merchiston Tower The Tower of Merchiston was built in the middle of the 15th century, either by Andrew Napier, Merchant and Provost of Edinburgh, or by his son, Sir Alexander Napier, Vice-Admiral of Scotland, Controller of the Royal Household of James ll, and twice Provost of Edinburgh, who inherited the estate in 1454. It remained the home of the Napiers of Merchiston until 1647, returned to their ownership for twenty years after 1752, and again for ninety six years after 1818. In the early years of the 19th century, Dr Robert Blair renovated the interior and built a large extension and, in the succeeding 100 years, Merchiston Castle School made numerous alterations and additions. www.scotlandsource.com /about/merchistontower.html   (536 words)

Major Hugh Maclure Hodgart, MC, Royal Engineers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh was to figure prominently in the lives of the Hodgart boys. Although Hugh Maclure Hodgart’s death ends the tale of the primary character of this research, the Hodgart family continued to serve King and Country, and the remainder of their story is certainly worth telling. During 1944 John Hodgart was re-granted the rank of Brevet Colonel in the Territorial Reserve of Officers and John Tullis Hodgart graduated from Merchiston Castle School. www.hometown.aol.com /reubique/hodgart.htm   (4274 words)

Merchiston Curling Club But a decline in the affairs of the club set in - the reasons for which are not apparent from records - and with fewer members and higher costs for pond maintenance and feu duties, finances were badly hit. The club was reformed in 1927 when the late D B Campbell received an allocation of ice at Haymarket and met some friends with the idea of forming a club to take up this allocation. On their suggestion, Merchiston Curling Club was revived with Mr W C P Brown, who owned the Rutland Hotel, first president of the reformed club. www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org /areas/05/prv/midl/club/Merchisto48680/aboutus.cfm   (499 words)

John Napier: "A Great Man" There is a lot, however, about the works and life of John Napier that has been obscured by the passage of time, and when it is revealed it will shed light on the intriguing personality of the man who passed among his contemporaries as a trafficker with Satan. The ‘marvelous Merchiston’ (as he was known to the populace of his day) was born at Merchiston Castle in 1550. He took up residence not in Merchiston Castle, but at Gartness, in the parish of Drymen in Stirlingshire, and he resided here until the death of his father in 1608. www.cee.hw.ac.uk /~greg/calculators/napier/great.html   (2315 words)

Major Hugh Maclure Hodgart, MC, Royal Engineers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh was to figure prominently in the lives of the Hodgart boys. His son Charles entered Merchiston Castle School as a Boarder in the third (October) term of 1933 just as his father and his uncles had done before him. Although Hugh Maclure Hodgart’s death ends the tale of the primary character of this research, the Hodgart family continued to serve King and Country, and the remainder of their story is certainly worth telling. members.aol.com /reubique/hodgart.htm   (4274 words)

News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, Alabama (AL)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Merchiston is a prosperous, mainly residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The housing is primarily a mixture of large, late Georgian and Victorian villas – several of the latter by Edward Calvert – together with a smaller number of Victorian tenements and some relatively large, early-twentieth century villas. The tower was sold by The Honourable John Scott Napier, fourteenth Laird of Merchiston in 1914 to the Merchiston Castle School board who used it up until 1930, when the school moved to a new site in Colinton (whilst retaining the Merchiston Castle name). www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Merchiston   (389 words)

Edinburgh Eastern Region Cup Winners 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) It was almost criminal the way they gave the ball away and when North Merchiston went 2-0 up, deservedly so, in the 35th minute with Chris McLeod setting up team-mate Chris Weir with a lovely weighted pass for him to finish off brilliantly, they were good value for what should have been a match-winning lead. The well-organised and good North Merchiston players got their act together and had a real go at getting back into the lead in the remaining minutes left to play in what was now a real cup final between two good teams but it was still 2-2 at the final whistle. They had, indeed snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and it was not a very pleasant feeling by the looks on the faces of their subdued players at the presentation of individual awards and the cup by City Financial Edinburgh's Andrew Ramage and Gary Henderson. quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /bonnjoy/bonnyriggrosea21s/id17.html   (783 words)

Tennis Academy launched in Edinburgh Tennis Scotland have been working with these players, and are now joining with Merchiston and St George’s schools in Edinburgh, to allow these talented players, and other aspiring tennis players, to have the best possible chance of making their dream come true, while receiving a first-class education. Merchiston and St George’s are leading independent schools in Edinburgh; Merchiston for boys and St George’s for girls, and they see this as an opportunity to use their experience in looking after talented individuals, to contribute to the future of tennis in the UK. Merchiston has demonstrated admirable vision and foresight in the way the team there has enthusiastically embraced the concept of The Tennis Academy and while this will be the first of its kind in Scotland, I am certain it will set the blueprint for the way forward in the years to come. www.prleap.com /pr/65808   (633 words)

Youth & Schools News From a penalty to touch, Merchiston’s lineout mainstay, James Taylor, collected, to trigger some percussive drives, culminating in captain Fraser Brown launching himself, torpedo-like, for the line and the opening try. On a rare Bell Baxter attacking foray, Merchiston were penalised for breaking too early from the back-row in a scrum and Peter Horne goaled the Fifers’ first points. Merchiston threw everything into wave after wave of attack in the closing minutes. www.scottishrugby.org /sru/community-rugby/youth-and-schools/youth-and-schools-news.cfm?news_uuid=322A8AE7-FCCD-1F2E-F049-FD8159DC9D36&newsDisplayMethod=article   (756 words)

[No title] Adjoining the mill at Gartness are the remains of an old house in which John Napier of Merchiston, Inventor of Logarithms, resided a great part of his time (some years) when he was making his calculations. It is reported that the noise of the cascade, being constant, never gave him uneasiness, but that the clack of the mill, which was only occasional, greatly disturbed his thoughts. This last wizard of the house of Merchiston was an eminent mathematician, and was the author of a book on alchemy, which contains a very curious preface. www.lycos.com /info/john-napier--merchiston-tower.html   (239 words)

BBC - h2g2 - Merchiston Castle School - A907562 Merchiston Castle School was founded in 1833 by Charles Chalmers, his elder brother Thomas was the academic who founded the Free Church of Scotland. He came to live in Merchiston Castle which had been the home of the Napier family and established the school with an initial enrolement of 30 boys. The current school building, which is located in the South of the city of Edinburgh, was built in the grounds of Colinton House. www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A907562   (499 words)

John Napier Biography | World of Computer Science Napier, the eighth laird of Merchiston, was born in 1550 at Merchiston Castle near Edinburgh, Scotland. Nevertheless, his varied accomplishments earned him the nickname of "Marvelous Merchiston." He experimented with fertilizers to improve his land, and he invented a hydraulic screw and revolving axle that could be used to remove water from flooded coal pits. In his inaugural address, Lord Moulton lauded Napier as one who "stands prominent among that small band of thinkers who by their discoveries have substantially increased the powers of the human mind as a practical agent." In 1964 Napier University, named for the mathematician, was founded in Edinburgh. www.bookrags.com /biography/john-napier-wcs   (1070 words)

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