Barry Nicholas
John Keiran Barry Moylan Nicholas (1919–2002) was a British legal scholar. He was
Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
, from 1978 to 1989.
Early life
Nicholas was born on 6 July 1919 to Archibald John Nicholas and Rose (née Moylan). He was educated at
first class honours in Mods in 1939.[1] Having taken a break from university to serve in the war, he returned to his college to study Jurisprudence: he graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1946.[2]
Academic career
He began teaching at
Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford from 1971 to 1978.[1]
Nicholas' An Introduction to Roman Law is a standard text in the study of Roman law.
There is an obituary notice [3] by Peter Birks for the British Academy.
References
- ^ a b c "NICHOLAS, (John Keiran) Barry (Moylan)". A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press.
- ^ Judge, Harry (9 March 2002). "Obituary: Barry Nicholas". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "John Kieran Barry Moylan Nicholas 1919–2002" (PDF).