Richard Nicolls

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Nicolls
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_figure
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:birth_date 1624
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Nicolls_Jr.
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:death_date 1672
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:died_in 1672
gptkbp:education gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkbp:governed_by gptkb:New_York
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Nicolls
gptkbp:influenced New York's governance structure
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkbp:known_for establishing English law in New York
first English governor of New York
gptkbp:legacy Nicolls Island named after him
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Colonel
gptkbp:notable_work Nicolls' Laws
gptkbp:position gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Peter_Stuyvesant
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:New_Netherland
gptkbp:role gptkb:military_leadership
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Anglo-Dutch_Wars
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Nicolls
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Francis_Lovelace
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Amsterdam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5