Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons was a British actor, radio personality, comedian, presenter and cabaret performer (1923–2020). He was born at Grantham and died at Aylesbury.
Also recorded as Christopher Nicholas Parsons.
Nicholas Parsons in brief
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2020
- Known for
- actor, radio personality, comedian, presenter and cabaret performer
- Place of birth
- Grantham
Contents
Identity and origins
Nicholas Parsons was recorded at birth as Christopher Nicholas Parsons. The authorities additionally record the heading Christopher Nicholas Parsons. His recorded language was English.
He married Denise Bryer.
Catalogued works
30 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1973 to 2014.
Straight White Male. Just A Minute : The Classic Collection. The Books of literary Lists. New Devil's Dictionary. Austria. Just A Classic Minute. A Letter does not blush. Travellers Prague. Nicholas Parsons With Just a Touch of Hesitation Repetition and Deviation. Dead heart. Dipped in Vitriol. The Great Big Fun Quiz Tape. Just a Minute. Por Favor Sea Feliz Con Su Religion. Sea feliz en su trabajo / Being Happy at Work. Straight Man. Vienna. Worth the Detour. Hungary. The Joy of Bad Verse. The Straight Man. Egg on the face. The book of literary lists. Meth mania : a history of methamphetamine / Nicholas L. Parsons., dated 2014, held by Wellcome Collection. The video journal of medicine. No. 4., dated 1977, held by Wellcome Collection. The video journal of medicine. No. 6., dated 1977, held by Wellcome Collection. The video journal of medicine. No. 3., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection. Right from the start : a programme for Stoma Care., dated 1973, held by Wellcome Collection. Are you having a laugh? TV and disability., dated 2010, held by Wellcome Collection. Rest in pieces : the curious fates of famous corpses / Bess Lovejoy., dated [2013], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 13 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Parsons, (Christopher) Nicholas, (born 10 Oct. 1923), actor, presenter and solo performer, Who's Who, 2007. Parsons, (Christopher) Nicholas (1923–2020), actor, entertainer, and broadcaster, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2024. Ismay, Walter Nicholas, (20 June 1921–25 Aug. 2006), Managing Director, Worcester Parsons Ltd, 1975–82, Who Was Who, 2007. The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in UK primary care: a retrospective cohort study of the IQVIA Medical Research Database, BMC Gastroenterology, 2021. Correction: Lei et al. The Diagnostic Accuracy of Colon Capsule Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. <i>Diagnostics</i> 2024, <i>14</i>, 2056, Diagnostics, 2025. Structural-functional connectivity bandwidth predicts processing speed in mild traumatic brain Injury: A multiplex network analysis, NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023. Randomised controlled trial comparing hydroxyapatite coated uncemented hemiarthroplasty with cemented hemiarthroplasty for the treatment of displaced intracapsular hip fractures: a protocol for the WHITE 5 study, BMJ Open, 2019. Trial of Acute Femoral Fracture Fixation (TrAFFix): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial, Trials, 2017. Retrograde intramedullary nail fixation compared with fixed-angle plate fixation for fracture of the distal femur: the TrAFFix feasibility RCT, Health Technology Assessment, 2019. Prospective, randomised, parallel-group, open-label study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of IMU-838, in combination with oseltamivir, in adults with COVID-19: the IONIC trial protocol, BMJ Open, 2022. Moulded cast compared with K-wire fixation after manipulation of an acute dorsally displaced distal radius fracture: the DRAFFT 2 RCT, Health Technology Assessment, 2022.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Counting fine gradings on matrix algebras and on classical simple Lie algebras (2013) — Internet Archive. The Books of literary Lists: A collection of annotated lists of fact, statistic and anecdote concerning books (1985) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Nicholas Parsons studied at University of Glasgow, St Paul's School and Colet Court. the recorded working language is English.
Employment is recorded with St. Andrews University. Positions recorded include rector.
Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Chronology
- 1923Nicholas Parsons born at Grantham.
- 1985The Books of literary Lists: A collection of annotated lists of fact, statistic and anecdote concerning books digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2013Counting fine gradings on matrix algebras and on classical simple Lie algebras digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2020Nicholas Parsons died at Aylesbury.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Nicholas Parsons”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1337855: Nicholas Parsons
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