About Thomas Nicholls
Lived 1825 – 1896 (aged 70–71). Thomas Nicholls was a British and English sculptor.
Thomas Nicholls ( – 24 March 1896) was an English sculptor. beginning with Burges's commission for the embellishment of Gayhurst House in Buckinghamshire for Lord Carrington. Nicholls went on to assist Burges in his first major commission, Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork subsequently following him to Cardiff, working on both Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, the fantasy palaces Burges constructed for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute.
Nicholls had two sons who followed him as sculptors, Thomas O. Nicholls (born c.1863) and Edward W. Nicholls (born c.1867).
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Who was Thomas Nicholls?
English sculptor
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Thomas Nicholls was born in 1825 in Westminster.
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Thomas Nicholls died on 24 March 1896 in Clapham.
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Thomas Nicholls was a sculptor.
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Thomas Nicholls was British and English.
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· DBpedia: Thomas Nicholls (sculptor)
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