Classic DACB Collection

All articles created or submitted in the first twenty years of the project, from 1995 to 2015.

Nicol, George

1800s
Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society)
Sierra Leone , Gambia

Of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Colony-born Christian. At Fourah Bay Institution, and 1844, Church Missionary College, Islington.** 1845-56, Mathematical Tutor at Fourah Bay Institution. 1849, Trinity Sunday, deacon, and September 29, ordained a priest by Bishop of London. Was stationed at Regent, Kissey, and Wellington. 1862, transferred to the Native Pastorate. 1869, Colonial Chaplain at Gathurst, Gambia. 1882, Degree of M.A. conferred by University of Durham. Married a daughter of Bishop Crowther.

Editorial note**: Records indicate that Geroge G. M. Nicol was also pupil at Monkton Combe School in the late 1870s to early 1880s. [Information from Jacqueline Burrows, archivist at Monkton Combe School, Bath, in an email to DACB editor dated March 7, 2023.]

Source:

Church Missionary Society, Register of Missionaries (Clerical, Lay and Female) and Native Clergy from 1804 to 1904.