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William Nicholson

1872 - 1949

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Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a printmaker in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography, as an illustrator, as an author of children's books and as a designer for the theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Nicholson is the 1,968th most popular painter (down from 1,962nd in 2019), the 5,541st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,306th in 2019) and the 125th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Nicholson ranks 1,968 out of 2,023. Before him are Tom Roberts, Thomas Dewing, Ahmed Al Safi, Eugene J. Martin, Keiji Inafune, and James Thornhill. After him are Henry Ossawa Tanner, El Kazovsky, Mike Kelley, Howard Hodgkin, Arthur Streeton, and Laura Muntz Lyall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, William Nicholson ranks 196. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Anna Held, James Young, Mary Engle Pennington, Harlan F. Stone, and Henry Seiling. After him are Ralph Lewis, Michael Joseph Savage, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Paul Laurence Dunbar, George Dern, and Fannie Ward. Among people deceased in 1949, William Nicholson ranks 180. Before him are Frank Fetter, Sidney Olcott, Leon Schlesinger, Elmer Clifton, Herbert Stothart, and Philip Herbert Cowell. After him are Flora Drummond, James Truslow Adams, Frank Murphy, Vida Goldstein, Wheeler Oakman, and Ben Fletcher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 5,543 out of 8,785. Before him are Adrian Biddle (1952), Anna Neagle (1904), Carole Shelley (1939), Thomas Norton (1532), Stevie Chalmers (1935), and Tom Whittaker (1898). After him are J. G. Farrell (1935), Sarah Lancashire (1964), Julian Morris (1983), Philip Massinger (1583), Daniel Sturridge (1989), and Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, William Nicholson ranks 125. Before him are Thomas Baines (1820), Laura Knight (1877), David Cox (1783), Rebecca Solomon (1832), Tom Roberts (1856), and James Thornhill (1675). After him are Howard Hodgkin (1932), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Hablot Knight Browne (1815), John Sell Cotman (1782), John Crome (1768), and Stephen Wiltshire (1974).

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