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Bowyer Nichols

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Bowyer Nichols, J. W. Mackail, and H. C. Beeching, by Frederick Hollyer, c. 1882.

John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols (13 November 1859 – 2 June 1939), known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet and artist.

Early life

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Nichols was the son of Francis Morgan Nichols, an editor and writer, and was paternally descended from the printer and writer John Bowyer Nichols, author of Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century.[1]

He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford.[2]

Career

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Nichols, a poet and artist, became a trustee of the Wallace Collection.[citation needed]

Personal life

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The gravestone of John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Lawford

On 4 August 1892, Nichols married Catherine Louisa Bouverie-Pusey, a daughter of Captain Edward Bouverie-Pusey (grandson of Hon. Philip Bouverie-Pusey and Lady Lucy Sherard) and Esther Elliot Hales (a daughter of Rev. Richard Cox Hales). Nichols had two sons and two daughters:[2]

Nichols died at Lawford Hall, Manningtree, Essex, aged 79, and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Lawford.[2]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituary: Mr. Bowyer Nichols – Artist and Man of Letters". The Times. 3 June 1939. p. 17.
  3. ^ Jenny Stringer; John Sutherland (1996). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-19-212271-1.
  4. ^ Pearson, John. Facades (1980), p.117
  5. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (16 February 1937). "H. H. SPENDER - CLAY, M. P. 26 YEARS, DEADD; Husband of Former Pauline Astor, Daughter of the First Viscount". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Sir Philip Nichols, Diplomat In Prague and The Hague". The New York Times. 8 December 1962. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. ^ Beeching, Henry Charles; Mackail, John William; Nichols, Bowyer (1891). Love's Looking Glass: A Volume of Poems. Percival. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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