Davidson Nicol

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Davidson Nicol

CMG
Nicol c. 1948
Nicol c. 1948
Born(1924-09-14)14 September 1924
Bathurst, Sierra Leone
Died20 September 1994(1994-09-20) (aged 70)
Cambridge, England
Pen nameAbioseh Nicol
Occupation
  • Physician
  • professor
  • scientist
  • diplomat
  • writer
  • poet
  • historian
Spouse
Marjorie Johnston
​
(m. 1950)​
Children5

Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol

Cambridge University
.

Early life

Nicol was born as Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol on 14 September 1924 in

first-class honours. He got a medical degree from London Hospital Medical College. On 11 August 1950, he was married to Marjorie Johnston of Trinidad. Nicol had five children.[2][3]

In the early 1950s, he taught at the

pathologist.[3]

Academia

Davidson Nicol, Fourah Bay College (far right)

Beginning in 1960, Nicol was the first native principal of

CMG
.

Diplomacy

Nicol left academia in 1968 to become the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, which he served as until 1971. In that year, Nicol became the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which ended in 1972. In 1972, Nicol became the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations under Austrian Kurt Waldheim, which he served as until 1982. While serving as Under-Secretary General, Nicol also served as head of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). He was also at one point ambassador of Sierra Leone to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.[5][6] He was President of the United Nations Security Council in September 1970.[6]

Return to academia and retirement

He maintained a home for many years in Thornton Road, Cambridge, England, frequently visiting Christ's College, of which he had been made a distinguished Honorary Fellow, meanwhile serving from 1987 until retiring in 1991 as a visiting professor of

International Studies at the University of California (1987–88) and University of South Carolina (1990–91). Nicol retired in 1991 at the age of 67 to Cambridge, where he died on 20 September 1994 at the age of 70.[7] He was president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations from 1983 to 1987.[5][6]

Nicol's writings

Beginning in 1965 with Two African Tales,[8] Nicol was a published author of short stories, as well as poetry, music, academic literature and a biography of Africanus Horton, an early Sierra Leonean author and one of the founders of African nationalism. His last piece of published work was Creative Women in 1982.[3][5][9]

Selected bibliography

  • Africa, A Subjective View, 1964
  • Two African Tales, 1965
  • The Truly Married Woman, and Other Stories, 1965
  • Creative Women, 1982

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Dr Davidson Nicol | Christs College Cambridge". www.christs.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Davidson Nicol;Obituary". The Times. 19 October 1994.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55166. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ "NICOL, Davidson Sylvester Abioseh". An African Biographical Dictionary - Credo Reference. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Davidson Nicol", Encyclopædia Britannica.
  6. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ^ Pace, Eric (28 September 1994). "Davidson Nicol Is Dead at 70; Was Doctor and U.N. Official". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. ISBN 978-1-317-89585-5
    .
  9. ISBN 9780941320061
    .
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