Davidson Nicol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Davidson Nicol

Sierra Leonean academic, diplomat and writer

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1994

Profession: poet, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Sierra Leone

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol or Abioseh Nicol (14 September 1924 – 20 September 1994) was a Sierra Leonean academic, diplomat, physician, writer and poet.
He has been considered as one of Sierra Leone’s most educated and greatest citizens of the twentieth century, as he was able to secure degrees in the arts, science and commercial disciplines and he contributed to science, history, and literature..
Nicol was the first African to graduate with First Class Honours from the University of Cambridge and he was also the first African elected as a Fellow of a college of Cambridge University.
Described by one scholar as a polymath, Davidson Nicol significantly contributed to medical science when he was the first to analyse the breakdown of insulin in the human body, a discovery which was a breakthrough for the treatment of diabetes.