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NICHOL, John Pringle (1804-1859)

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Born: 1804

Died: 1859

Editorial Description

educated at King's College, Aberdeen; Rector of Montrose Academy, 1827; Regius prof of astronomy at Glasgow, 1836; lectured to mechanics' insts on science subjects; supplied G. COMBE with a testimonial on phrenology, 1836, but did not profess himself a phrenologist. (DNB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

838.1 — 838.1 "Combe, George," Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography, 1 (1857; [1881 edn]): 972-3.

Editorial Information

Identifier	838.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	252
Printed page	247
Database ID	2382

Original Transcription

838. NICHOL, John Pringle (1804-59), educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; Rector of Montrose Academy, 1827; Regius prof of astronomy at Glasgow, 1836; lectured to mechanics' insts on science
subjects; supplied G. COMBE with a testimonial on phrenology, 1836,
but did not profess himself a phrenologist. (DNB)