A Doctor. His collection of British beetles was given to Cambridge by L.G.Cox of Brighton on 11 July 1957 and has been included with the general collection. Six note books also formed part of the gift. These include lists of 32,005 beetles taken from 20 March 1904 to 20 July 1935 with dates and localities. For a while Nicholson owned the F.Bates collection before it passed to B.SA.Williams. There are also specimens collected by him in the Bedwell collection at Norwich. (MD 5/04)