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

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

See also

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

McCarthy, G.J.

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