Peter Nicholson (architect), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Nicholson (architect)

Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1765

Place of Birth: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1844

Profession: engineer, mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Peter Nicholson (architect)

  • Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 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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