Person
Nicholls, William Henry (1885 - 1951)
- Born
- 23 July 1885
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 March 1951
Footscray, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Horticulturist and Orchidologist
Summary
William Nicholls worked as a bookbinder until the Depression years when he joined the Footscray City Council as a propagator and plant classifier. He travelled widely in Victoria and became an expert on native orchids.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
National Herbarium, Melbourne
- William Henry Nicholls - Records, 1920 - 1950; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details
Private hands (Nicholls, K.W.)
- William Henry Nicholls - Records, 1885 - 1951; Private hands (Nicholls, K.W.). Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Willis, J. H., 'Nicholls, William Henry (1885-1951), Orchidologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 23-24. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110025b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Willis, J. H., 'Vale, William Henry Nicholls (July 23, 1855 - March 10, 1951)', The Victorian naturalist, 67 (1951), 2541-3. Details
- Willis, J. H., 'William Henry Nicholls', Wild life, 1951 (1951), 456-8. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10393700. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92594457. Details
- 'Nicholls, W H (1885-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-527174. Details
See also
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 January 2022
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