Author:John Nichol

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John Nichol
(1833–1894)

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Scottish man of letters; Regius Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow; son of astronomer John Pringle Nichol and brother of novelist Agnes Jane Jack.

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. N."

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "J. N."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "J. N."

Works

Fragments of Criticism (1860) (external scan)
Hannibal: A Historical Drama (1873) (external scan)
(ed.) The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell (1875) (external scan)
Tables of European literature and history, A.D. 200–1876 (1877) (external scan)
English Composition (1879) (external scan)
The death of Themistocles, and other poems (1881) (external scan)
American Literature: An Historical Sketch, 1620–1880 (1882) (external scan)
Francis Bacon: His Life and Philosophy (1888) (external scan)
Carlyle (1892) (external scan)
Byron (1899) (external scan)

Contributions to the DNB

Contribution to EB1911

"Burns, Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works about Nichol

"Obituary: Professor Nichol," in The Times (1894)
"Nichol, John (1)," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Nichol, John (1833-1894)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
"Nichol, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Nichol, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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