Nicol, William ♂
Education
Student United College 1780-1783 b, s, t, 1783-1784 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; N. Phil. (Ternar). Foundation bursar, 1780.
Student St Mary’s College 1785-1786.
Birth/childhood
May also be the man born 1768, died Edinburgh 2.9.1851 who was assistant to John Leslie and James David Forbes and invented the Nicol Prism.
Career
May also be the man born 1768, died Edinburgh 2.9.1851 who was assistant to John Leslie and James David Forbes and invented the Nicol Prism, in fact he made important, but largely unappreciated advances in optics, petrology and palaeontology. [Inventor, scientist]
Perhaps the man who was schoolmaster Lundie 1798 - 1800. [Teacher]
Publications
Death
May also be the man born 1768, died Edinburgh 2.9.1851 who was assistant to John Leslie and James David Forbes and invented the Nicol Prism.
Sources
- Dict. Sc. Biog.