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The son of Dr. John Nicholson, a Biblical Scholar , was born at Penrith, Cumbria on September 11 th, 1844. He was educated at Appleby Grammar School and at the universities of Gottingen ( Ph.D. , 1866 ) and Edinburgh ( D.Sc. , 1867 ; M.D. , 1869 ). Geology had early attracted his attention, and his first publication was a Thesis for his D.Sc. degree titled ''On the Geology of Cumberland and Westmoreland'' (1868). In 1871 he was appointed Professor of Natural History in the University Of Toronto ; in 1874 professor of Biology in the Durham College of Science and in 1875 professor of natural history in the University Of St. Andrews . This last post he held until 1882 , when he became Regius Professor of natural history in the University Of Aberdeen . He was elected F.R.S. in 1897 . His original work was mainly on Fossil Invertebrata ( Graptolite s, Stromatoporoid s and Coral s); but he did much field work, especially in the Lake District , where he labored in company with Professor Robert Harkness and afterwards with Dr. J.E. Marr . He was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society in 1888 . He died at Aberdeen on the fourth of January 1899. During his career he published 167 papers, usually as the sole author, and 12 textbooks. A revised version of Professor Nicholson's work ''The Ancient Life History of the Earth'' was re-published by eminent paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould in 1980 . BIBLIOGRAPHY
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