What was the nickname of the Scottish landowner from which Edinburgh Napier University took its name?
Edinburgh Napier University:  Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university was founded in 1964, taking its name from Scottish mathematician John Napier. John Napier: John Napier of Merchiston ( ; 1 February, 1550 – 4 April 1617); also signed as Neper, Nepair; nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston) was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
Marvellous Merchiston