Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828

found: Evans, R.H. A catalogue of the library of the late John, Duke of Roxburghe, 1812:t.p. (G. Nicol)

found: LC data base, 1-29-85(hdg.: Nicol, George, bookseller; usage: G. Nicol) LC manual auth. cat. (hdg.: Nicol, George, bookseller; usage: G. Nicol)

found: Plomer, H. Dict. of printers and booksellers, 1726-1775, 1932(Nicol or Nichol, George, bookseller in London (1) opposite York Buildings, Strand (2) Pall Mall; active 1769-1829, d. 25 June 1829, aged 88)

found: Oxford DNB online, 24 June 2014(George Nicol, 1740?-1828, bookseller and publisher, was probably born in May 1740 in Scotland; little is known of his family and early life; by 1769 he was living in London, where he was employed as an assistant and subsequently as a partner to his uncle David Wilson, a bookseller on the Strand; throughout his career Nicol gained a reputation for arranging and cataloguing the libraries of members of the aristocracy; he retired from business in 1825 and died at his house in Pall Mall, London, on 25 June 1828)