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'''Nicolson''' is a [[patronymic]] surname meaning "son of [[Nicholas]]".  There are alternate spellings. Notable people with the surname include:
* [[Adam Nicolson]], British writer, son of Nigel Nicolson
* [[Adela Florence Nicolson]], British poet writing as "Laurence Hope"
* Alexander Mclean Nicolson, US inventor (crystals, sound)
* [[Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock]], British diplomat and politician
* [[Benedict Nicolson]],  British art historian and author, son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
* [[Dan Henry Nicolson]], American botanist
* [[David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock]],  British peer and solicitor.
* [[Eric James Brindley Nicolson]], Royal Air Force officer
* [[Gerda Nicolson]], Australian actress
* [[Harold Nicolson]], (1886–1968) British diplomat, politician and writer, son of Arthur Nicolson
* [[James Nicolson (bishop)]] (died 1607), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland & Bishop of Dunkeld.
* [[John Nicolson (disambiguation)]], multiple people
* [[Marjorie Hope Nicolson]] (1894-1981), American literary scholar
* [[Mark Nicolson]], American tenor and voice teacher
* [[Nigel Nicolson]], British publisher, writer and politician, son of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
* [[Phyllis Nicolson]], mathematician
* [[William Nicolson]], British bishop
== See also ==
*[[Nicolson Institute]], school on the Isle of Lewis
*[[Clan Nicolson]], Scottish clan
*[[Clan MacNeacail]], Scottish clan
*[[Nicholson (disambiguation)]]
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