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- William Nicholson was an English chemist, discoverer of the electrolysis of water, which has become a basic process in both chemical research and industry. Nicholson was at various times a hydraulic engineer, inventor, translator, and scientific publicist.
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William Nicholson (13 December 1753 – 21 May 1815) was an English writer, translator, publisher, scientist, inventor, patent agent and civil engineer. He launched the first monthly scientific journal in Britain, Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, in 1797, and remained its editor until 1814.
William Benedict Nicholson, OBE, FRSL [1] (born 12 January 1948) is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar. [2] Early life. A native of Lewes, Sussex, William Nicholson was raised in a Roman Catholic family (mother Hope Nicholson) on a farm in Hillesley, Gloucestershire.
Feb 26, 2021 · William Nicholson was an English chemist as well as a journalist, publisher, inventor, patent agent, and civil engineer (Figure 1). He wrote several important books on very different topics ranging from physics and chemistry to architecture and marine navigation.
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William Nicholson, OBE, FRSL is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar.
William Nicholson, 1753 - 1815, English chemist and writer. Nicholson, from an initial meeting in 1786, became one of William Godwin 's closest friends, a major influence on the conception of his Enquiry concerning Political Justice, and his source during more than a quarter-century for up-to-date knowledge in the sciences.
May 9, 2018 · Writer, playwright, and screenwriter. Former director and producer of documentary films for the British Broadcasting Company. Executive producer of Everyman, 1979-82, and Global Report, 1983-84; director, Firelight, Carnival/Wind Dancer, 1997. Also spent a year as a Voluntary Service Overseas teacher in British Honduras, now Belize. AWARDS, HONORS:
