Tag Archives: William Nicholson
Reviving our most Pioneering book
William Nicholson (1753-1815) doesn’t tend to get the recognition we feel he deserves. He was a visionary polymath of his day, a scientist, inventor, architect and author, and a crucial pioneer in the field of green energy long before such … Continue reading
Britain’s first commercial science periodical
Anna Gielas in the Guardian describes how William Nicholson paved the way for the steady and reliable circulation of Science with his Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts.
In Good Society…
A list of societies of which William Nicholson was a member: The Cannonians (around 1780) – this was the name of an informal dining club that met in a cookshop in Porridge Island near St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Richard Kirwan’s Philosophical Society (1780-1787) had … Continue reading
Q&A with Sue Durrell on William Nicholson
Sue Durrell is the editor of The Life of William Nicholson, a biography of an eminent Enlightenment figure whose significance to the scientific culture of the late eighteenth century has since been overlooked. Durrell and Peter Owen Publishers have revived this … Continue reading
Professor Frank James, Locating William Nicholson
Locating William Nicholson Frank A.J.L. James, Professor of the History of Science, the Royal Institution and University College London William Nicholson is best remembered for two things: his founding and editing of A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, … Continue reading
The Life of William Nicholson
February 2018 AVAILABLE TO ORDER
