Peter Nicholson (architect)
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Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 ā 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.
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Peter Nicholson | |
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Born | (1765-07-20)20 July 1765 Prestonkirk, East Lothian |
Died | 18 June 1844(1844-06-18) (aged 78) Carlisle, Cumbria |
Nationality | British |
Education | Parish school (three years only), mostly self-taught[1] |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse(s) | Jane (d. 1832);[2] re-married |
Children | Michael Angelo Nicholson (c. 1796ā1841), by Jane; Jessie Nicholson (m. Bowen), Jamieson T. Nicholson, both by 2nd wife[2] |
Parent | [father was a stonemason] |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Architect, mathematician, structural engineer |
Projects | Carlton Place, Glasgow Ardrossan town plan |
Significant design | The centrolinead The cyclograph |
Significant advance | The helicoidal skew arch |
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