| Authorised form of name | Nicholls; Frank (1699 - 1778) |
| Other forms of name | Francis |
| Dates | 1699 - 1778 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 1699 |
| Place of death | Epsom, Surrey |
| Date of death | 07 January 1778 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Botany |
| Agriculture |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Exeter College, Oxford; BA (1718), MA (1721), BMed (1725), DMed (1730)
Career:
Reader in Anatomy at Oxford; practised in Cornwall for a short time and then in London; travelled in France and Italy; gave anatomy lectures in London; Physician to George II (1753-1760); moved to Oxford to assist in his son's education (1762); settled in Epsom; died probably of tuberculosis
Memberships:
FRCP (1732)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1728 |
| Proposer | William Rutty |
| Charles Bale |
| John Gaspar Scheuchzer |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Croonian 1739 |
| Relationships | Son of John Nicholls, Barrister, of Trereife, Cornwall and London; married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Mead (FRS 1703) and his first wife, Ruth Marsh |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Munk's Roll
References:
Obituary in 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1778, p46, 1785, pp13-15 (Biographical memoirs)
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/10188879 |
| Code | NA5253 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/13/84 | A second account of observations on composing a natural history of mines and metals by Frank Nicholls | 1728 |
| L&P/2/530 | Letter, 'Of preventing the venereal disease' from Frank Nicholls to George Parker | 2 November 1754 |
| L&P/4/86 | Letter, 'Concerning the post-mortem examination of the body of the late King' from Frank Nicholls to George Parker | 20 October 1761 |
| L&P/3/37 | Letter, 'Of worms in animal bodies' from Frank Nicholls to Thomas Birch | 6 November 1755 |
| CLP/6/71 | Paper, 'Account of the specifick gravities of three several pieces of tin ore' by Francis Hauksbee | 1728 |
| EL/N2/7 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to William Rutty | nd |
| EL/N2/8 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to William Rutty | nd |
| EL/N2/9 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to William Rutty | nd |
| RBO/16/14 | Account of a polypus resembling a branch of a pulmonary vein coughed up by an asthmatic person by Frank Nicholls | 1731 |
| RBO/13/49 | 'Some Observations on aneurisms [aneurysms] in general and in particular on the foregoing' by F Nicholls | 1728 |
| CLP/10ii/15 | Paper, 'An account of the veins and arteries of leaves' by Frank Nicholls | [1730] |
| CLP/12ii/42 | Paper, 'Some observations on aneurysms in general, and in partial on the foregoing' by F [Frank] Nicholls | [1728] |
| EL/P2/5 | Letter, from Charles Price to Frank Nichols, dated at Oxford | 8 July 1728 |
| EL/N2/6 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to William Rutty | nd |
| EL/N2/10 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to William Rutty | 3 December 1728 |
| EL/N2/12 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to Hans Sloane | nd |
| EL/N2/11 | Letter, from Frank Nicholls to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 28 December 1728 |
| RBO/14/64 | 'Observations on a Treatise wrote by Monsieur Helvetius of Paris design'd to prove that the Lungs do not divide and expand the Blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it' by Frank Nicholls | 1729 |
| RBO/14/127 | 'An account of the Veins and Arteries of Leaves' by Frank Nicholls | 1730 |
| CLP/22ii/35 | Paper, 'Observations on a treatise by [Jean Claude Adrian] Helvetius of Paris designed to prove that the lungs do not divide and expand the blood, but that, on the contrary, they cool and condense it' by [Frank] Nicholls | c.1730 |