William Nicol (other)
William Nicol may refer to: * William Nicol (geologist) (1770–1851), Scottish physicist and geologist * William Nicol (surgeon) (1790–1879), Member of Parliament for Dover, 1859–1865 *William Nicol (Transvaal) Rev Dr. William Nicol (23 March 1887, in Robertson – 22 June 1967) was a Dutch Reformed minister, theologian, educator and Administrator of the Transvaal Province of South Africa. In 1906, he obtained his bachelor's degree at Stellenbosch ... (1887–1967), clergyman and Governor of the Transvaal * William Nicol (teacher) (1744–1797), Scottish schoolmaster and friend of Robert Burns See also * William Nicoll (other) * William Nichol (other) * William Nickle (other) {{hndis, Nicol, William ...
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William Nicol (geologist)
William Nicol FRSE FCS (1768?2 September 1851) was a Scottish geologist and physicist who invented the Nicol prism, the first device for obtaining Polarization (waves), plane-polarized light, in 1828. Early life Nicol was born in Humbie (East Lothian), the son of Walter Nicol and Marion Fowler. According to the parish register, he was baptised on 18 April 1770. Some sources give his date of birth as 1768; other ones (including his gravestone) give 1766. (Note that the gravestone date may be incorrect, as the engraving was done at least 50 years after his death.) Lecturer He started out as aide to his uncle, Henry Moyes, an itinerant lecturer in Natural Philosophy whose blindness necessitated assistance for his chemistry and optics demonstrations.''Joseph Priestley to Joseph Banks'', 6 Feb 1783, NHM, Dawson Turner MS 3, fol. 17p122 Albert Edward Musson, Eric Robinson ''Science and technology in the Industrial Revolution,'' Manchester University Press, 1969, Nicol, having himse ...
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William Nicol (surgeon)
William Nicol DL (15 September 1790 – 8 August 1879) was a Scottish surgeon, founder of the firm Wm. Nicol & Co, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Dover. He was born 15 September 1790 at Fawsyde, in the parish of Kinneff, in the Mearns. He was educated in Aberdeen. In 1810, Nicol went to Bombay on board the ship Carmarthen as surgeon. Nicol settled in Bombay in 1820 and founded the firm of Wm. Nicol & Co. in Bombay, in 1820. He left Bombay in 1828. Nicol retired from Wm. Nicol & Co. in 1839, and went to England. Nicol was Member of Parliament for Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ... from 1859 to 1865. Nicol was later a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Kincardineshire. Nicol died in London on 8 August 1879, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery ...
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William Nicol (Transvaal)
Rev Dr. William Nicol (23 March 1887, in Robertson – 22 June 1967) was a Dutch Reformed minister, theologian, educator and Administrator of the Transvaal Province of South Africa. In 1906, he obtained his bachelor's degree at Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ... and then studied at the Free University of Amsterdam and Princeton. From 1913 to 1938 he was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Johannesburg East, called Irene Church. In June 1938, he became a minister in Pretoria East. From 1934 to 1948 he was the moderator of the Dutch Reformed Synod of the Transvaal. In Johannesburg, he was a champion for the recognition of the Afrikaans language and the establishment of Afrikaans-medium schools. Nicol was the founder of Johannesburg ...
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William Nicol (teacher)
William Nicol (1744–1797) was a Scottish schoolmaster, and, if ill-tempered and vain, one of Robert Burns's close friends. He was born in Annan parish at Dumbretton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Burns referred to him in one letter as "''Kind hearted Willie''" and he accompanied the poet on his August 1787 tour of the Highlands. Burns's third son, William Nicol, born at Ellisland Farm in 1791, was named after his friend, the poet commenting that his newborn son had "''that propensity to witty wickedness and manfu' mischief, which even at twa days auld I foresaw would form the striking features of his disposition.''" Life and character Nicol's father was a tailor from Ecclefechan who died in poverty when his son was very young. Nicol married Janet Cairns of Torr. Lagganpark on the Keir Hills in the Parish of Glencairns was purchased by the couple using Janet's inheritance, from William Riddell of Camieston, for £1700. Nicol had asked Burns to assess the 340-acre property ...
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William Nicoll (other)
William Nicoll may refer to: * William Nicoll (politician, born 1657) (1657–1723), English-born American merchant and politician who served as the Speaker of the New York General Assembly * William Nicoll Jr. (1702 –1768), English-American merchant and politician who served as the Speaker of the New York General Assembly, son of the above * Sir William Robertson Nicoll (1851–1923), Scottish Free Church minister, journalist and editor * William M. Nicoll (1893–1970), Scottish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York See also * William Nicol (other) William Nicol may refer to: * William Nicol (geologist) (1770–1851), Scottish physicist and geologist * William Nicol (surgeon) (1790–1879), Member of Parliament for Dover, 1859–1865 *William Nicol (Transvaal) Rev Dr. William Nicol (23 Ma ... * William Nichol (other) {{hndis, Nicoll, William ...
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William Nichol (other)
William Nichol may refer to: * William Nichol (cricketer) (1912–1973), Scottish cricketer *William E. Nichol (1918–2006), American politician in Nebraska *William Nichol (mayor) (1800–1878), American banker and mayor of Nashville, Tennessee See also *Wilfred Nichol (1901–1955), British athlete sometimes referred to mistakenly as William Nichol *William Nicholl (1868–1922), rugby union footballer of the 1890s *William Nicoll (other) William Nicoll may refer to: * William Nicoll (politician, born 1657) (1657–1723), English-born American merchant and politician who served as the Speaker of the New York General Assembly * William Nicoll Jr. (1702 –1768), English-American merc ...