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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 September 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-09-23)</span> (aged 80)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, Cambridgeshire, England</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic background</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Despotate of Epirus, 1204–61<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> (1952)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral advisor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Runciman" title="Steven Runciman">Steven Runciman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic work</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discipline</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_studies" title="Byzantine studies">Byzantine studies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a> (1952–64)</li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> (1966–70)</li><li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a> (1970–88)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Macrides" title="Ruth Macrides">Ruth Macrides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Magdalino" title="Paul Magdalino">Paul Magdalino</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMagdalino2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMagdalino2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015437_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015437-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main interests</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_literature" title="Byzantine literature">Byzantine and modern Greek language and literature</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Donald MacGillivray Nicol</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy" title="Fellow of the British Academy">FBA</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Royal_Irish_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Royal Irish Academy">MRIA</a></span></span> (4 February 1923 – 25 September 2003) was an English <a href="/wiki/Byzantinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantinist">Byzantinist</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Nicol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nicol was born in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, to a <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> minister, and received a classical education at <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII_School_(Sheffield)" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VII School (Sheffield)">King Edward VII School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_School_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="St Paul's School (London)">St Paul's School</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Registering as a <a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">conscientious objector</a> in 1941, he served in 1942–1946 in the <a href="/wiki/Friends%27_Ambulance_Unit" title="Friends' Ambulance Unit">Friends' Ambulance Unit</a>, with which he first visited <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece" title="Kingdom of Greece">Greece</a> in 1944–1945, visiting <a href="/wiki/Ioannina" title="Ioannina">Ioannina</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a> monasteries. </p><p>After his wartime experiences, Nicol matriculated at <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>, to read classics, graduating in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then returned to Greece in 1949–1950 as a member of the <a href="/wiki/British_School_at_Athens" title="British School at Athens">British School at Athens</a>. During this time, he also visited <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a>, spending <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> 1949 at the <a href="/wiki/Hilandar_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilandar Monastery">Hilandar Monastery</a>, and revisited Meteora. In 1950, Nicol married Joan Mary Campbell, with whom he had three sons. He completed his doctoral thesis at Cambridge in 1952. The thesis, on the medieval <a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus" title="Despotate of Epirus">Despotate of Epirus</a>, led to his first book, <i>The Despotate of Epiros</i>. His thesis supervisor was <a href="/wiki/Steven_Runciman" title="Steven Runciman">Steven Runciman</a>, with whom Nicol formed a lifelong friendship, nurtured in the <a href="/wiki/Athenaeum_Club,_London" title="Athenaeum Club, London">Athenaeum Club</a>. </p><p>On completion of his doctorate, Nicol's first academic posting was as Lecturer in Classics at the <a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a> from 1952 to 1964. He spent 1964–1966 as visiting fellow at <a href="/wiki/Dumbarton_Oaks" title="Dumbarton Oaks">Dumbarton Oaks</a>, and was then Senior Lecturer and Reader in Byzantine History, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> (1966–1970). In 1970 he was named to the historic chair of <a href="/wiki/Kora%C3%ABs_Professor_of_Modern_Greek_and_Byzantine_History,_Language_and_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Koraës Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature">Koraës Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature</a> at the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a>, a post he held until 1988. In 1977–1980 he was Assistant Principal of the King's College, and Vice-Principal in 1980–1981. He was the founding editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_and_Modern_Greek_Studies" title="Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies">Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies</a></i> journal (1975),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeaton2003_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeaton2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose publication he oversaw until 1983, and served as president of the Ecclesiastical History Society in 1975–1976. In 1989–1992, he was director of the <a href="/wiki/Gennadius_Library" title="Gennadius Library">Gennadius Library</a> (Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη) in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>. </p><p>Nicol became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Academy" title="Royal Irish Academy">Royal Irish Academy</a> in 1960, President of the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_History_Society" title="Ecclesiastical History Society">Ecclesiastical History Society</a> (1975-76)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy" title="British Academy">British Academy</a> in 1981. For his contributions to the history of medieval <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a>, the city of <a href="/wiki/Arta,_Greece" title="Arta, Greece">Arta</a> made him an honorary citizen in 1990, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ioannina" title="University of Ioannina">University of Ioannina</a> in 1997. He died in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> in 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Nicol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNicol1957" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1957). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TURoAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Despotate of Epiros</i></a> (1. ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Despotate+of+Epiros&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Blackwell&rft.date=1957&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTURoAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1984" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1984) [1957]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XIj0FfKto9AC"><i>The Despotate of Epiros 1267-1479: A Contribution to the History of Greece in the Middle Ages</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521261906" title="Special:BookSources/9780521261906"><bdi>9780521261906</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Despotate+of+Epiros+1267-1479%3A+A+Contribution+to+the+History+of+Greece+in+the+Middle+Ages&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=9780521261906&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXIj0FfKto9AC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1968" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_ScbAAAAYAAJ"><i>The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) ca. 1100-1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study</i></a>. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Byzantine+Family+of+Kantakouzenos+%28Cantacuzenus%29+ca.+1100-1460%3A+A+Genealogical+and+Prosopographical+Study&rft.place=Washington&rft.pub=Dumbarton+Oaks+Center+for+Byzantine+Studies&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D_ScbAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1972" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zlJoAAAAMAAJ"><i>Byzantium: Its Ecclesiastical History and Relations with the Western World: Collected Studies</i></a>. London: Variorum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780902089358" title="Special:BookSources/9780902089358"><bdi>9780902089358</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Byzantium%3A+Its+Ecclesiastical+History+and+Relations+with+the+Western+World%3A+Collected+Studies&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Variorum&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=9780902089358&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzlJoAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1975" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4aMPAQAAIAAJ"><i>Meteora: The Rock Monasteries of Thessaly</i></a>. London: Variorum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780902089730" title="Special:BookSources/9780902089730"><bdi>9780902089730</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Meteora%3A+The+Rock+Monasteries+of+Thessaly&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Variorum&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=9780902089730&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4aMPAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1972" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Dl5oAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453</i></a> (1. ed.). London: Rupert Hart-Davis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780246105592" title="Special:BookSources/9780246105592"><bdi>9780246105592</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Centuries+of+Byzantium%2C+1261-1453&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Rupert+Hart-Davis&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=9780246105592&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDl5oAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1993" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1993) [1972]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y2d6OHLqwEsC"><i>The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521439916" title="Special:BookSources/9780521439916"><bdi>9780521439916</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Centuries+of+Byzantium%2C+1261-1453&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780521439916&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dy2d6OHLqwEsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1979" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GIZRPgAACAAJ"><i>The End of the Byzantine Empire</i></a>. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780841906617" title="Special:BookSources/9780841906617"><bdi>9780841906617</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+End+of+the+Byzantine+Empire&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Holmes+%26+Meier+Publishers&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=9780841906617&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGIZRPgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1979" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hDSnFbAaGEIC"><i>Church and Society in the Last Centuries of Byzantium</i></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521224383" title="Special:BookSources/9780521224383"><bdi>9780521224383</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Church+and+Society+in+the+Last+Centuries+of+Byzantium&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=9780521224383&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhDSnFbAaGEIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1988" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uhKVngEACAAJ"><i>Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations</i></a> (1. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521341578" title="Special:BookSources/9780521341578"><bdi>9780521341578</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Byzantium+and+Venice%3A+A+Study+in+Diplomatic+and+Cultural+Relations&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=9780521341578&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuhKVngEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1992" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1992) [1988]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rymIUITIYdwC"><i>Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-42894-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-42894-1"><bdi>978-0-521-42894-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Byzantium+and+Venice%3A+A+Study+in+Diplomatic+and+Cultural+Relations&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-521-42894-1&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrymIUITIYdwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1990" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YULvcQAACAAJ"><i>Joannes Gennadios, the Man: A Biographical Sketch</i></a>. Athens: American School of Classical Studies.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joannes+Gennadios%2C+the+Man%3A+A+Biographical+Sketch&rft.place=Athens&rft.pub=American+School+of+Classical+Studies&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYULvcQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1991" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JmgbAAAAYAAJ"><i>A Biographical Dictionary of the Byzantine Empire</i></a>. London: Seaby. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85264-048-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85264-048-4"><bdi>978-1-85264-048-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Biographical+Dictionary+of+the+Byzantine+Empire&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Seaby&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-1-85264-048-4&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJmgbAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1992" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KhcWnwEACAAJ"><i>The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans</i></a> (1. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-41456-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-41456-2"><bdi>978-0-521-41456-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Immortal+Emperor%3A+The+Life+and+Legend+of+Constantine+Palaiologos%2C+Last+Emperor+of+the+Romans&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-521-41456-2&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKhcWnwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol2002" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (2002) [1992]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lnSmnmL984YC"><i>The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-89409-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-89409-8"><bdi>978-0-521-89409-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Immortal+Emperor%3A+The+Life+and+Legend+of+Constantine+Palaiologos%2C+Last+Emperor+of+the+Romans&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-521-89409-8&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlnSmnmL984YC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1994" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Lr7WFLexQyIC"><i>The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500</i></a> (1. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Byzantine+Lady%3A+Ten+Portraits%2C+1250-1500&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLr7WFLexQyIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1996" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1996) [1994]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PThFM3RS3h0C"><i>The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge-New York: Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Byzantine+Lady%3A+Ten+Portraits%2C+1250-1500&rft.place=Cambridge-New+York&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPThFM3RS3h0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1996" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FYdgQgAACAAJ"><i>The Reluctant Emperor: A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c. 1295-1383</i></a> (1. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Reluctant+Emperor%3A+A+Biography+of+John+Cantacuzene%2C+Byzantine+Emperor+and+Monk%2C+c.+1295-1383&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=1.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFYdgQgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol2002" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a> (2002) [1996]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7tHftJBbH8sC"><i>The Reluctant Emperor: A Biography of John Cantacuzene, Byzantine Emperor and Monk, c. 1295-1383</i></a> (2. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Reluctant+Emperor%3A+A+Biography+of+John+Cantacuzene%2C+Byzantine+Emperor+and+Monk%2C+c.+1295-1383&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.edition=2.&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Nicol&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7tHftJBbH8sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicol1997" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nicol, Donald M.</a>, ed. (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OEvWBG6Ct3YC"><i>Theodore Spandounes: On the Origins of the Ottoman Emperors</i></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521585101" title="Special:BookSources/9780521585101"><bdi>9780521585101</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Theodore+Spandounes%3A+On+the+Origins+of+the+Ottoman+Emperors&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9780521585101&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOEvWBG6Ct3YC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Nicol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacobs1976" class="citation cs2">Jacobs, P.M., ed. (1976), "Medieval Europe and Byzantium", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/theses-1901-70/medieval-europe-byzantium"><i>History Theses 1901-1970: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom</i></a>, London: <a href="/wiki/British_History_Online" title="British History Online">British History Online</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Medieval+Europe+and+Byzantium&rft.btitle=History+Theses+1901-1970%3A+Historical+research+for+higher+degrees+in+the+universities+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft.place=London&rft.pub=British+History+Online&rft.date=1976&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fno-series%2Ftheses-1901-70%2Fmedieval-europe-byzantium&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMagdalino2020-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMagdalino2020_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMagdalino2020">Magdalino 2020</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015437-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015437_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015">Beaton et al. 2015</a>, p. 437.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U29532">"NICOL, Prof. Donald MacGillivray"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Was_Who" class="mw-redirect" title="Who Was Who">Who's Who & Who Was Who</a></i>. Vol. 2023 (online ed.). A & C Black.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=NICOL%2C+Prof.+Donald+MacGillivray&rft.btitle=Who%27s+Who+%26+Who+Was+Who&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=A+%26+C+Black&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukwhoswho.com%2Fview%2Farticle%2Foupww%2Fwhoswho%2FU29532&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ukwhoswho.com/page/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeaton2003-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeaton2003_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeaton2003">Beaton 2003</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.ac.uk/ehsoc/about/past-ehs-presidents">Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Nicol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBryer2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bryer" title="Anthony Bryer">Bryer, Anthony</a> (3 October 2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091008132437/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-donald-nicol-755469.html">"Professor Donald Nicol (Obituary)"</a>, <i>The Independent</i>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-donald-nicol-755469.html">the original</a> on 8 October 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Professor+Donald+Nicol+%28Obituary%29&rft.date=2003-10-03&rft.aulast=Bryer&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2Fprofessor-donald-nicol-755469.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeaton2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Beaton" title="Roderick Beaton">Beaton, Roderick</a> (3 October 2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/03/guardianobituaries.highereducation1">"Donald Nicol"</a>, <i>The Guardian</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Donald+Nicol&rft.date=2003-10-03&rft.aulast=Beaton&rft.aufirst=Roderick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2F2003%2Foct%2F03%2Fguardianobituaries.highereducation1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-donald-nicol-93vw0bfg2qs">"Professor Donald Nicol"</a>, <i>The Times</i>, 8 October 2003</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Professor+Donald+Nicol&rft.date=2003-10-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Fprofessor-donald-nicol-93vw0bfg2qs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeatonMacridesMagdalinoNelson2015" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Beaton" title="Roderick Beaton">Beaton, Roderick</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Macrides" title="Ruth Macrides">Macrides, Ruth</a>; <a href="/wiki/Paul_Magdalino" title="Paul Magdalino">Magdalino, Paul</a>; <a href="/wiki/Janet_Nelson" title="Janet Nelson">Nelson, Jinty</a>; <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Sutherland,_Baron_Sutherland_of_Houndwood" title="Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood">Sutherland, Stewart</a> (2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/1520/18_Nicol_with_plates.pdf">"Donald MacGillivray Nicol, 1923–2003"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i>Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy</i>, <b>14</b>: 423–437, <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2753-6777">2753-6777</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Memoirs+of+Fellows+of+the+British+Academy&rft.atitle=Donald+MacGillivray+Nicol%2C+1923%E2%80%932003&rft.volume=14&rft.pages=423-437&rft.date=2015&rft.issn=2753-6777&rft.aulast=Beaton&rft.aufirst=Roderick&rft.au=Macrides%2C+Ruth&rft.au=Magdalino%2C+Paul&rft.au=Nelson%2C+Jinty&rft.au=Sutherland%2C+Stewart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebritishacademy.ac.uk%2Fdocuments%2F1520%2F18_Nicol_with_plates.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADonald+Nicol" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMagdalino2020" class="citation interview cs1">Magdalino, Paul (14 July 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/historical-records/oral-history-project/paul-magdalino">"Paul Magdalino"</a> (Interview). 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