Nicolson
Americannoun
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Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
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Marjorie Hope, 1894–1981, U.S. scholar, educator, and author.
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After his roadside epiphany, Mr. Nicolson “slowly developed a double thought: not only to learn something of birds but to make a place,” as he puts it, “that might be accommodating and receptive to them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
To get closer to his feathered neighbors, Adam Nicolson built a treehouse designed for both human and avian inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Artingstall, who beat Nicolson on her way to winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has won all seven fights since turning professional.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
The 30-year-old is targeting a world title fight later this year with Nicolson and IBF champion Nina Meinke in her sights.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
As Harold Nicolson put it, he had a combination of “great flights of oratory with sudden swoops into the intimate and the conversational.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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