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 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
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. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Nicholson: William Nicholson to William Godwin, 18 September 1797 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) |