Nichols, George

Nichols, George an American educator and divine, was born at Reading, Mass., near the opening of this century. He was educated at Yale College, class of 1824, and immediately after graduation entered the divinity school connected with that high school, and there completed his theological studies in 1828. He taught for a while, but was finally ordained, and called to the pastorate at Chicopee Falls. He left this charge to return to the task of teaching at Springfield, Mass., where he died, Feb. 18,1841.