William Nicholson

(1753-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Nicholson, William, 1753-1815 NRA: Nicholson William (1753-1815) Scientist and Inventor DNB: Nicholson, William (1753–1815), chemist and inventor LBT ID: WiNicho1815b VIAF ID: 37257494 LOC ID: n85114952	B/BAP: 1753-12 DIED: 1815-05-21
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Originally an agent for Josiah Wedgwood, he pursued a career as a chemist, writer on science, and projector; he was a friend of Thomas Holcroft and William Godwin.
REFERENCES TO William Nicholson: William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft, 13 September 1799 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 6 Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin, 15 August 1800 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Godwin to Louisa Holcroft [Kenney], [draft; January? 1810] in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 5 Mary Lamb to Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt, [30 March 1810] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 6 Mary Lamb to Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt, [30 March 1810] in Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Found 1: ¶ 3 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. II: 1791-95 Found 1: ¶ 19 Ch. XII 1808 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 3: ¶ 3 ¶ 32 ¶ 33 Ch. X. 1797 Found 3: ¶ 20 ¶ 3 ¶ 6 Ch. XII. 1799 Ch. II. 1800 Ch. IV. 1801-1803 Found 1: ¶ 36 Ch. VII. 1806-1811 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1811