138 Obituary — Professor H. A. Nicholson. 



twelve years ago he restored the old mansion of Bnrwell Hall, and 

 rebuilt it much on the lines of Springfield House, Ipswich, his then 

 residence, and thereafter he made his home at Burwell. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in 

 1857 (but did not communicate any papers to the Society) ; he was 

 also elected a Member of the Geological Club in December, 1882. 



Mr. Colchester married in 1840 Miss Kate Bright, a daughter of 

 the well-known Maldon family of that name, and in 1890 celebrated 

 his golden wedding, with all his numerous family around hiin. 

 The surviving four sons and four daughters were present at his 

 funeral with several of his grandchildren. 



During Mr. Colchester's long life of 85 years he retained his 

 mental and bodily activity almost to the last, and whilst carrying 

 on an enormous amount of business engagements he found time to 

 form numerous pleasant and lifelong friendships with eminent 

 geologists, and to attend the meetings of the Societies in London 

 and those of the British Association for many years. 



PROF. H. A. NICHOLSON, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Born September 11, 1844. Died January 19, 1899. 



(WITH A POETRAIT, PLATE IV.) i 



Henry Alleynk Nicholson was born at Penrith; his father, 

 Dr. John Nicholson, was a well-known Oriental scholar, and his 

 grandfather was President of Codrington College, Barbados. He 

 received his early education under Francis Newman and at Appleby 

 Grammar School, and then went to the University of Gottingen, 

 where he worked under Professor Keferstein, the distinguished 

 zoologist. From 1862 to 1867 he studied medicine at the 

 University of Edinburgh, and graduated in this latter year as 

 Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery, taking first-class 

 honours in all subjects, and obtaining the University Gold Medal 

 for his graduation thesis, " On the Geology of Cumberland and 

 Westmoreland"; this was subsequently published, with a dedica- 

 tion to his friend and teacher, Professor Harkness, of Queen's 

 College, Cork, in whose company in the field Nicholson worked 

 out the geology of the districts in question. In addition to the 

 more strictl}^ medical studies of the University he worked earnestly 

 at the Natural Sciences under the teaching of Goodsir, Allman, and 

 Balfour, and graduated as Bachelor of Science in 1866, receiving the 

 Baxter Scholarship in the Natural Sciences, and in the following 

 year he took the degree of Doctor of Science. In 1869 he proceeded 

 to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and was awarded at the same 

 time the Ettles Medical Scholarship of the University, as the most 

 distinguished student of his year in medicine. 



The first position occupied by Professor Nicholson after the 

 conclusion of his brilliant student career was that of Lecturer on 



1 For permission to reproduce this excellent portrait of our lost friend we are 

 indebted to the editors of " Alma Mater," and to its publishers, Messrs. W. & W. 

 Lindsay, Aberdeen. — Edit. Geol. Mag. 



