Nicholls, William Henry (1885 - 1951)

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, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 23-24, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nicholls-william-henry-will-7841. 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

• Willis, J. H., 'Botanical pioneers in Victoria - II', Victorian Naturalist, 66 (6) (1949), 103-9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40808755. Details
• Willis, J. H., Botanical Pioneers in Victoria, vol. 66 ([Melbourne]: [Brown Prior Anderson], 1949), 19 pp. Details