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George Nicholls (British politician)

George Nicholls (British politician) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand George Nicholls (British politician) rather than just read about it. In short: George Nicholls (25 June 1864 – 30 November 1943) was a British evangelical pastor, and Liberal-Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Northamptonshire from 1906 to 1910. Nicholls started life as a farm labourer and smallholder.

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Reference excerpt

George Nicholls (25 June 1864 – 30 November 1943) was a British evangelical pastor, and Liberal-Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Northamptonshire from 1906 to 1910. Nicholls started life as a farm labourer and smallholder. He went on to be Pastor at the Evangelist Congregational Church in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, from 1894 to 1902, and afterwards of Congregational Churches at Silverdale and Chesterton, in Staffordshire. He was elected as MP for North Northamptonshire at the 1906 general election, but was defeated at the January 1910 general election. After his defeat he stood for Parliament again in Faversham at the December 1910 general election, and in Newmarket at a by-election in May 1913, but was unsuccessful on both occasions. He was elected to Peterborough town council in 1912, and became the town's mayor from 1916 to 1918. He was the chief organiser for the Allotment and Small Holdings section of the Agricultural Organisation Society, and a member of the Agricultural Wages Board, of a Royal Commission on Agriculture, of the Central Agricultural Council, of the Soke of Peterborough Small Holdings Committee, and of Peterborough United Charities. He was awarded the OBE and served as a Justice of the Peace. After World War I, he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament on six further occasions. As a Labour Party candidate in Camborne at the 1918 general election, he narrowly lost to the sitting Liberal MP Sir Francis Dyke Acland. He then stood as a Liberal Party candidate in Peterborough at the 1922 general election, in Warwick and Leamington at the 1923 and 1924 general elections, in Bury St Edmunds at a by-election in January 1925, and in Harborough at the 1929 general election,

References

External links Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Nicholls

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with George Nicholls (British politician)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what George Nicholls (British politician) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to George Nicholls (British politician) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about George Nicholls (British politician) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of George Nicholls (British politician)

In research: George Nicholls (British politician) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses George Nicholls (British politician) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: George Nicholls (British politician) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1864 births, 1943 deaths, 20th-century British farmers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for George Nicholls (British politician) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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