| Authorised form of name | Douglass; Sir; James Nicholas (1826 - 1898) |
| Dates | 1826 - 1898 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bow, London, England |
| Date of birth | 16 October 1826 |
| Place of death | Bonchurch, Isle of Wight |
| Date of death | 19 June 1898 |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant to his father, who was Superintendent Engineer to the Corporation of Trinity House; assisted in the erection of Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles; Resident Engineer to Smalls Rock Lighthouse, Milford Haven and to Wolf Rock Lighthouse; Chief Enginer, Corporation of Trinity House; designed lighthouses; erected the Eddystone Lighthouse which replaced that designed by John Smeaton (FRS 1753) (1878-1882)
Honours:
Kt 1882
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1887 |
| Relationships | Son of Nicholas Douglass of Stella House, Penzance, and his wife Alice, daugther of James Douglas of Winlaton, County Durham; married (1854) Mary, daughter of James Tregarthen of St Mary's, Scilly Isles |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Royal Society code | NA6253 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/12/834 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrisons & Sons | 15 May 1896 |
| NLB/12/753 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir James Douglass, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 April 1896 |
| EC/1887/05 | Douglass, Sir James Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/16/865 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 June 1898 |
| PP/8/33/1 | Manuscript, 'On fluted craterless carbons for arc lighting' by James N [Nicholas] Douglass | 1886 |
| PP/8/33 | Paper, 'On fluted craterless carbons for arc lighting' by James N [Nicholas] Douglass | 1886 |
| PP/8/33/2 | Figures, fluted and cylindrical carbons by James N [Nicholas] Douglass | 1886 |