John Nichol
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John Pringle Nichol (1804 - 1859)

Dr John Pringle Nichol
Born in Angus, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Husband of — married 1853 [location unknown]
Died at age 55 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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Biography

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  • Scottish Preacher, Astronomer, Phrenologist and Headmaster/ Educator - Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, where he became famous for his inciteful lectures both at University and in public domains around Glasgow. Dr Nichols wrote many books on Science, Physics and Astronomy and the political economy, teaching also "Natural Philosophy". He was instrumental in raising the funds for an Observatory in Horselethill, West End.

He married Jane Tullis in 1831.[1]

He passed away on 19 September 1859 at Rothesay.[2]

Sources

  1. NICHOL JOHN PRINGLE JANE TULLIS/FR1182 (FR1182) 01/08/1831 420 50 / 56 CUPAR
  2. Probate: Ancestry.com. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories. Ancestry Sharing Link
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 May 2020), memorial page for John Pringle Nichol (13 Feb 1804–19 Sep 1859), Find a Grave Memorial no. 151059282, citing Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland ; Maintained by Pixturmn (contributor 47729036) .




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