Nicholas Harris Nicolas

Sir (Nicholas) Harris Nicolas GCMG KH (10 March 1799 – 3 August 1848) was an English antiquary. Quotes The Chronology of History (1833) New ed. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1838 Every event in History arose from some preceding transaction, and became, in its turn, the parent of others, either more or less important; hence, however trifling in themselves, or, if viewed without relation to other circumstances, however immaterial the precise time of their occurrence may be, there are few that had not some influence on the state of the nation in which they took place, and not unfrequently also, on the affairs of neighbouring countries. Preface (p. v) Chronology and Geography have been justly called the "eyes of History," without the lights of which all is chaos and uncertainty; but perhaps a better simile would be, that Dates are to History, what the Latitude and Longitude are to Navigation, — fixing the exact position of, the objects to which they are applied. Preface (p. vi) External links Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:1799 births Category:1848 deaths