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### Author
Nicholson, William Edward (1866-1945), British lawyer and bryologist at Lewes, Sussex.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. E. Nichols.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.E.Nicholson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CGE|CGE]] (with diary). – Other material at [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]] (Hepat.), K. (Bryoph.) and [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (Bryoph.). Letters at [[Collection CGE|CGE]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 3; Clokie p. 217; Desmond p. 465; Kew 4: 142; Lenley p. 314; SBC p. 128, TL-2/2364.
- Allen, D. E., Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist., Newsletter 3: 9. 1929 (letters and mss. at CGE).
- Anon., The Times 19 Feb 1945 (fide Desmond).
- Hedge, I. C., &J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. Herb. 114. 1933 (6570, E).
- Richards, P. W., Nature 155: 507. 1945 (d. 13 Feb 1945); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 156: 68-69. 1945, Brit. – Bryol. Soc, Rep. 4(5): 313-314. 1916; Rev. bryol. lichénol. 15: 120-122. 1946 (portr., bibl.).
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 514. 1977.
- Schuster, R. M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 84. 1966.
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. Bot. 1: 23. 1935 (b. 24 Mar 1866; same day as C. Mez).
- Wallace, C. E., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. 13(3): 233. 1948 (d.).
#### Composite works
*Hepaticae*, in H. Handel-Mazzetti, *Symb. sin*. 5: 7-15, 21-35, 57. 1930.
#### Handwriting
Rev. bryol. lichénol. 15: *pl. 4*. 1946.