John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll, 1894-1976, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Birmingham, 1945-1961, Director of the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon from its establishment by him in 1951. Nicoll was an internationally renowned authority on the history of English drama and was a prolific writer on this subject and on the theory of drama, publishing some thirty books between 1922 and 1973.
Reference: The University of Birmingham, Research Libraries Bulletin (Number 1. Winter 1994).
For further reading about the University of Birmingham see: Eric Ives, Diane Drummond, Leonard Schwarz The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 An Introductory History (The University of University of Birmingham Press. 2000).
From the guide to the University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll, [192-]-[196-], (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)
