Engraved image of elephant and fish. Presented to Dr. Davidson Nicol 1957
Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol, also called Abioseh Nicol (born Sept. 14, 1924, Freetown, Sierra Leone—died Sept. 20, 1994, Cambridge, Eng.) was a Sierra Leonean academic, diplomat, physician, writer and poet. He was both a fellow (1957) and alumnus of the College. Nicol was the first native principal of the prestigious Fourah Bay College in Freetown (1960- 1966) as well as a member of the Public Service Commission (left in 1968). Nicol continued his administrative career at the university level in Sierra Leone as first the chairman (1964-1969) then as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sierra Leone (1966-1969). He became known for his research into the structure of insulin.
Nicol left academia in 1969 to become the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, which he served as until 1971. In that year, Nicol became the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which ended in 1972. In 1972, Nicol became the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations under Austrian Kurt Waldheim, which he served as until 1982. While serving as Under-Secretary General, Nicol also served as head of UNITAR. [Wiki]
