Nicoll, Allardyce, 1894-1976

Allardyce Nicoll was a literary scholar, theatre historian, and university teacher. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Stirling High School and Glasgow University, where he was a G.A. Clark scholar in English. He was appointed in 1920 as a lecturer in English at King's College, University of London, and was promoted quickly to the Chair of English at East London College, University of London, in 1924, at age thirty. From 1933 to 1945, he was a professor of the history of drama and dramatic criticism and chair of the Drama Department at Yale. Nicoll returned to Britain in 1945 to head the English Department at the University of Birmingham, a post he would hold until his retirement in 1961. Nicoll wrote numerous books on English drama and the history of English drama.

From the description of Allardyce Nicoll note regarding Mrs. Inchbald's Lovers' vows, between 1920 and 1976?. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 123899158