William Nicol 1771 - 1851
- occupation:
- Geologist,
- Science lecturer
- Nationality:
- Scottish; British
- born in:
- Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Inventor of polarising filter, now known as Nicol Prism, used in petrological microscope to observe thin sections of rock and minerals (Birthplace - Humbie in Haddingtonshire)
