Author:John Nichol

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John Nichol (1833–1894)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. Scottish man of letters, son of the astronomer J. P. Nichol (1804-1859), was educated at Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford, where he had a brilliant career— Excerpted from John Nichol on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.. Regius Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Glasgow. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. N." This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "J. N."

Works

• Fragments of Criticism (1860) [1]
• Hannibal: A Historical Drama (1873) [2]
• (ed.) The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell (1875) [3]
• Tables of European literature and history, A.D. 200-1876 (1877) [4]
• English Composition (1879) [5]
• The death of Themistocles, and other poems (1881) [6]
• American Literature: An Historical Sketch, 1620-1880 (1882) [7]
• Francis Bacon: His Life and Philosophy (1888) [8]
• Carlyle (1892) [9]
• Byron (1899) [10]
• “Burns, Robert” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Contributions to the DNB

• Bell, Henry Glassford
• Dobell, Sydney Thompson

Contribution to EB1911

• “Burns, Robert” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Works about Nichol

• Obituary: Professor Nichol in The Times
• “Nichol, John,” in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 by Foster, Joseph, Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888-1892.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 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.