Herbert George Nicholas, FBA (1911–1998) was a Welsh historian and academic. He was the Rhodes Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Oxford from 1969 to 1978, and was also a fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1951 to 1978.
He had been educated at New College and had been a lecturer (from 1938) and fellow (1946 to 1951) of Exeter College, Oxford. He was both a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Nuffield Reader in the Comparative Study of Institutions from 1956 to 1969. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1969 and served as its vice-president from 1975 to 1976.
References
- "Papers of Professor Herbert George Nicholas", Archives Hub (JISC). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- Penry Williams, "Herbert George Nicholas, 1911–1998", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 105 (2000), p. 507.
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