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John Nichols (other)
John Nichols may refer to: * John Nichols (printer) (1745–1826), English printer and author * John Nichols (law enforcement officer), (1918–1998), American law enforcement officer and politician * John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863), English printer and antiquary, son of the above * John Gough Nichols (1806–1873), son of John Bowyer Nichols, English printer and antiquary * John G. Nichols (1812–1898), mayor of Los Angeles * John Nichols (politician) (1834–1917), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * John Nichols (Worcestershire cricketer) (1878–1952), English cricketer * John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958), American ichthyologist * John Conover Nichols (1896–1945), United States Representative from Oklahoma * John B. Nichols (1931–2004), aviator and writer * John Nichols (writer) (1940–2023), author of ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' * John Nichols (journalist) (born 1959), American journalist and media activist * John F. Nichols, U.S. National Guard general and Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nichols (printer)
John Nichols (2 February 1745 – 26 November 1826) was an English printer, author and antiquary. He is remembered as an influential editor of the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' for nearly 40 years; author of a monumental county history of Leicestershire; author of two compendia of biographical material relating to his literary contemporaries; and as one of the agents behind the first complete publication of Domesday Book in 1783. Early life and apprenticeship He was born in Islington, London to Edward Nichols and Anne Wilmot. On 22 June 1766 he married Anne, daughter of William Cradock. Anne bore him three children: Anne (1767), Sarah (1769), and William Bowyer (born 1775 and died a year later). His wife Anne also died in 1776. Nichols was married a second time in 1778, to Martha Green who bore him eight children. Nichols was taken for training by "the learned printer", William Bowyer the Younger in early 1757.Keith Maslen, ‘Bowyer, William (1699–1777)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |