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Nicoll
Nicoll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adele Nicoll (born 1996), Welsh shot putter, discus thrower and bobsledder * Alexander Nicoll (1793–1828), a Scottish orientalist * Allardyce Nicoll (1894–1976), British literary scholar and teacher * Archibald Nicoll (1886–1953), a New Zealand artist * Ashley Holzer (born 1963 as Ashley Nicoll), Canadian-American equestrian * Audrey Nicoll (born 1961), Scottish politician * Bruce Nicoll (1851–1904), Australian politician * Charles Gounter Nicoll (1704–1733), British politician * Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (born 1995), New Zealand rugby league player * Courtlandt Nicoll (1880–1938), New York state senator * Dave Nicoll (1944–2023), English motocross racer * David Nicoll (anarchist) (1859–1919), British anarchist * David Nicoll (footballer), Scottish footballer * De Lancey Nicoll (1854–1931), New York lawyer * Donald Nicoll (1820–1891), British politician and businessman * Fergus Nicoll, broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nicoll (anarchist)
David John Nicoll (8 December 1859 – 2 March 1919) was a British Anarchism, anarchist newspaper editor, writer, poet and public speaker. Nicoll replaced William Morris as the editor of the Socialist League (UK, 1885), Socialist League's newspaper ''Commonweal (newspaper), Commonweal'' in 1890 until 1892 when Nicoll was imprisoned for incitement to murder a police inspector, a judge and the Home Secretary. Nicoll produced a series of pamphlets critical of the police and singling out those in the anarchist movement he believed to be Informant, police spies. Following his imprisonment Nicoll's mental health deteriorated and he died in poverty. Biography Nicoll was born in Houndsditch in East London to a relatively wealthy family. His mother, Sarah () died while he was a child. His father, David Nicoll was a shoe factor and died in 1878. Nicoll spent his inheritance and became a journalist. Nicoll was a member of the Social Democratic Federation, but In 1884 he joined the newly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nicoll
James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) is a Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former security guard and role-playing game store owner, and five-time Hugo nominee, who also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club. As a Usenet personality, Nicoll is known for writing a widely quoted epigram on the English language, as well as for his accounts of suffering a high number of accidents, which he has narrated over the years in Usenet groups like rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom. He is now a blogger on Dreamwidth and Facebook, and an occasional columnist on Reactor and The Beaverton. In 2014, he started his website, jamesdavisnicoll.com, dedicated to his book reviews of works old and new; and later added ''Young People Read Old SFF'', where his panel of younger readers read pre-1980 science fiction and fantasy, and Nicoll and his collaborators report on the younger readers' reactions. Background Nicoll was born March 18, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (born 2 August 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL), the New Zealand Māori in the All-Stars and the Cook Islands and New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Warriors as a er and the Canberra Raiders where he played as a and featured in the 2019 NRL Grand Final. He has played for both Cook Islands and New Zealand at international level, playing as a er, , and . Background Nicoll-Klokstad was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Cook Islands, Māori and Norwegian descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Mount Albert Lions, the Richmond Rovers, and the City Newton Dragons in New Zealand before moving to Melbourne, Australia as a 15-year old, playing for the Altona Roosters. Playing career Early career Nicoll-Klokstad was signed by the Melbourne Storm and played for their S. G. Ball Cup team before joining their NYC team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Nicoll
Adele Nicoll (born 28 September 1996) is a British shot putter, discus thrower and bobsledder. She has won multiple Welsh Athletics Championships events, and won the shot put event at the 2022 and 2023 British Athletics Championships. She came second in the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup event in Sigulda, Latvia alongside Mica McNeill. Nicoll was a reserve for the 2022 Winter Olympics, and competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Athletics career Nicoll started competing in athletics for the Birchfield Harriers at the age of 14. She reached the final of the shot put event at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Nicoll was not selected in the Welsh squads for the 2014 or 2018 Commonwealth Games; she only reached the B standard for the 2018 Games. Nicoll came third in the under-23s shot put event at the 2017 European Throwing Cup. As of 2021, she had won the previous eight shot put events at the Welsh Athletics Championship; her distance at the 2021 Welsh Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtlandt Nicoll
Courtlandt Nicoll (December 2, 1880, in New York City – September 20, 1938, in Water Mill, Suffolk County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Early life He was the son of Benjamin Nicoll (1855–1921) and Grace Davison (née Lord) Nicoll. His younger sister, Elsie Nicoll (1887–1947), married John Sloane, Jr. (1883–1971), chairman of W. & J. Sloane, in 1917. the nephew of William D. Sloan and Emily Thorn Vanderbilt. His father was a coal and steel merchant who, upon his 1921 death, left his estate three-fifths to Courtlandt and two-fifths to his sister Elsie, after providing for a $850,000 trust for their mother. His paternal grandparents were Solomon Townsend Nicoll (1813–1864) and Charlotte Anne Nicoll (1827–1891). Nicoll's uncle was De Lancey Nicoll (1854–1931), the New York County District Attorney. He was a direct descendant of Matthias Nicoll, an English lawyer, who emigrated to America with his uncle, Sir Richard Nicholls, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fearns Nicoll
Sir John Fearns Nicoll (26 April 1899 – 12 January 1981) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Singapore from 1952 to 1955. Early years and colonial service Nicoll was born in 1899 and attended Carlisle Grammar School, Pembroke College, Oxford and University of Oxford and embarked on a colonial career in British Protectorate of North Borneo in 1921. Nicoll became Deputy Colonial Secretary of the British Crown Colony Trinidad and Tobago in 1937, the Colonial Secretary of the British Colony of Fiji from 1944 to 1949. During this time, he served as Acting Governor twice, in 1944 and 1947. This was followed by his appointment as administrator and Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1949. Nicoll became Governor of Singapore in 1952 and was present during the 1954 National Service riots. After the Hock Lee bus riots in May 1955, Nicoll retired from the Governorship and Colonial Service in June. He returned to Britain. Awards and honours Nicoll was inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Henderson Nicoll
James Henderson Nicoll FRCS(G), JP (30 September 1863 – 15 August 1921) was a Scottish paediatric surgeon and professor of surgery at Anderson's University. He was a pioneer of pediatrics, particularly regarding the care of children both in the hospital and after discharge. Nicoll was most notable for developing a surgical cure for pyloric stenosis and outpatient care of children with spina bifida, and was known as the "father of day surgery". Life Nicoll was the son of Reverend James Nicoll, who was a distinguished minister in Glasgow. Nicoll undertook his early education at Glasgow Academy before attending to study medicine at the University of Glasgow at age 16, and graduating at the age of 23 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB CM Glasgow) in 1886. He decided to specialise in surgery, and after taking a junior house post at the Western Infirmary, under Sir Hector Clare Cameron, Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Glasgow and Western Infi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Nicoll
Dave Nicoll (11 May 1944 – 9 March 2023) was an English professional Grand Prix motocross racer and at the time of his death in March 2023 the incumbent FIM's world championship Clerk of the Course. Nicoll began motorcycle racing at the age of 16 and received his first sponsorship from a Greeves distributor. At the age of 17, he received factory sponsorship from the James motorcycle company. In 1964, he began competing in the 500cc motocross world championships for the Matchless factory racing team. After three seasons with the Matchless team, he moved to the BSA factory team. His only Grand Prix victory came at the 1969 500cc Luxembourg Grand Prix. In 1970, Nicoll defeated world champions Joel Robert and Jeff Smith to win the 1970 Trans-AMA motocross series, established by the American Motorcyclist Association as a pilot event to help establish motocross in the United States. After retiring from competition in 1978, Nicoll worked as the manager of the British Motocro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Lancey Nicoll
De Lancey Nicoll (June 24, 1854 – March 31, 1931) was a New York County District Attorney. Early life De Lancey Nicoll was born on Shelter Island (town), New York, Shelter Island on June 24, 1854. He was the son of Solomon Townsend Nicoll (1813–1864) and Charlotte Anne Nicoll (1827–1891). State Senator Courtlandt Nicoll (1880–1938) was his nephew. He attended St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire; and graduated from Princeton University in 1874, and from Columbia Law School in 1876. Career After serving in private practice, he was appointed Assistant New York County District Attorney by D.A. Randolph B. Martine in 1885. In November 1887, he ran on the Citizens Reform, Republican and Irving Hall (a faction of Anti-Tammany Democrats) tickets to succeed Martine as D.A., but was defeated by his fellow Assistant D.A. John R. Fellows who ran on the Tammany Hall/County Democracy (the larger faction of Anti-Tammany Democrats) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Nicoll
Jessica F. Nicoll is an American museum director and curator and an authority on American art and culture. She serves as Director and Louise Ines Doyle '34 Chief Curator of the Smith College Museum of Art. She was previously the Chief Curator and Curator of American Art of the Portland Museum of Art. Education In 1979, Nicoll attended Smith College, from where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and American Studies in 1983. In 1986, Nicoll received her Master of Arts degree in Early American Culture and a certificate in Museum Studies from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware. Career in the arts 1986-1992: Old Sturbridge Village From 1985 to 1986, Nicoll completed a post-graduate curatorial fellowship at the Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Upon completion of the fellowship, Nicoll returned to Massachusetts to accept a post as Curator of Exhibits at the Old Sturbridge Village, a living museum. During her time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Nicoll
Audrey Elizabeth Nicoll (née Gibb; born 1961) is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has represented the Torry/Ferryhill ward in the Aberdeen City Council since 2019 Early life Nicoll was born Audrey Gibb in Aberdeen. She worked as a detective sergeant police officer in both uniformed and specialist roles, retiring in 2015. After retiring, she gave lectures in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice at Robert Gordon University. Political career On 21 November 2019 she was elected to Aberdeen City Council in the by-election for the Torry/Ferryhill ward. On 7 May 2021 in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election she was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. In November 2024, Nicoll was involved in a dispute with SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, who announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Nicoll
Logan Nicoll is an American politician serving as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for the Rutland-Windsor-2 District. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 9, 2019. Early life and education Nicoll was born and raised in Ludlow, Vermont. He graduated from Black River High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Community and International Development from the University of Vermont in 2010. Career Since high school, Nicoll has worked as a house builder and painter. He is also an IT and maintenance technician at the Castle Hill Resort and Spa in Proctorsville, Vermont. Nicoll served as a member of the Ludlow Selectboard from 2014 to 2019 and the Ludlow Planning Commission from 2012 to 2019. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |