Peter Nicholson (architect)
Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.
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Peter Nicholson (architect)
Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.
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1844-06-18
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Engraved portrait of Nicholson from the frontispiece of his Guide to Railway Masonry
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birth date
1765-07-20
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Prestonkirk, East Lothian
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Engraved portrait of Nicholson from the frontispiece of his Guide to Railway Masonry
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Jessie Nicholson , Jamieson T. Nicholson, both by 2nd wife
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Michael Angelo Nicholson , by Jane;
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1844-06-18
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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Architect, mathematician, structural engineer
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Parish school , mostly self-taught
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Peter Nicholson
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British
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[father was a stonemason]
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The helicoidal skew arch
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The centrolinead
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The cyclograph
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Ardrossan town plan
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Carlton Place, Glasgow
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Jane ;
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