Rev. James Nicol (1769-1819), minister of Traquair; acquired celebrity as a poet
studies at Univ. Edinburgh (with Robert Jameson 1825-27) and at Univ. Bonn and Univ. Berlin.
Scotland, UK
J. N.: Manual of Mineralogy (1849), Elements of Mineralogy (1858, 2nd ed., 1873), Geological Map of Scotland (1858), Geology & Scenery of the North of Scotland (1866) ;
Geological Society of London (secr. 1846) ; Queen's College, Cork (prof. f. geology since 1849) ; Univ. Aberdeen (Prof. f. Natural History since 1853)
geologist ->Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) and map-maker ->Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) on Geological map of Europe (1856) & Geological Map of Scotland (1846) ;
geological, cartographical, and mineralogical drawing and engraving, map-making ; hand-colouring ;