Surname: Nicolson Forename(s): Laurence James b. 26 April 1844. d. 30 June 1901. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet, office clerk, commercial traveller. Alternative signature: “L. J. Nicolson.”
Termed “The Bard of Thule.” Born in Lerwick, Shetland. After his father’s death, when
he was eleven years old, he moved with his family to Dalkeith, Midlothian. Author
of Songs of Thule (1894). Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 353; North Isles Family History <https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I13189&tree=ID1>
(4 July 2019). (AC)