Robina Nicol
Robina Nicol (née Sinclair; 7 June 1861 – 17 July 1942) was a Scottish-born New Zealand photographer and suffragist.
Also recorded as Robina Sinclair · Mrs Alexander Scott Nicol
Robina Nicol
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- Name
- Robina Nicol
- Birth Name
- Robina Sinclair
- Born
- 7 June 1861
- Birthplace
- Shetland, Scotland
- Died
- 17 July 1942
- Place of death
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Field
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Dominion of New Zealand
- Occupation
- photographer · activist · suffragist
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Robina Nicol (née Sinclair; 7 June 1861 – 17 July 1942) was a Scottish-born New Zealand photographer and suffragist.
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Robina Nicol was an activist, photographer and suffragist, a national of the Dominion of New Zealand. The activist was born in Shetland Islands and died in Wellington.
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• Name — Robina Nicol • Birth Name — Robina Sinclair • Born — 7 June 1861 • Birthplace — Shetland, Scotland • Died — 17 July 1942 • Place of death — Wellington, New Zealand • Field — Photographer
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Nicol née Sinclair was born on 7 June 1861 in Shetland, Scotland. Her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. In 1885 she married Alexander Scott Nicol in Wellington, New Zealand. Nicol was a photographer, capturing images of local people and places, especially many images of her family. Although considered an "amateur" because she did not pursue a career in photography, she was active in a time when there were few women photographers in New Zealand. Her photographs were digitised by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Nichol was a signer of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition which ultimately won women the right to vote. Nichol died on 17 July 1942 in Wellington.
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Robina Nicol was born at Shetland Islands.
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- 1.National Library New Zealand. Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942. Alexander Turnbull Library.
- 2.Nicol, Robina, 1861–1942. National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1861.
- 3.Photograph taken by Robina Nicol. DigitalNZ.
- 4.Oliver, Fiona. R Nicol. New Zealand history online.
- 5.Deaths. The Evening Post. CXXXIV. 16. 1. 18 July 1942.
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