Brooks Ashton Nichols

Background

Nichols, Brooks Ashton was born on June 7, 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jesse Brooks Junior and Grace Elizabeth (Ashton) Nichols.

Education

Bachelor in Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1975; Master of Arts in English, University of Virginia, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Virginia, 1984.

Career

Staff reporter, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1976; editor, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, 1977-1978; assistant headmaster, Tandem School, Charlottesville, 1980-1983; assistant professor, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1984-1988; assistant professor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1988-1992; associate professor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1992-1998; chair English department, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1997-1998; professor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, since 1998; associate dean, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, since 1998. Visiting lecturer U. East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 1994-1995.

Achievements

• Brooks Ashton Nichols has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Poetics Of Epiphany: Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Modern Literary Movement

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, North America Society for the Study of Romanticism, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Kimberley Anne Smith, June 15, 1975. Children: Amy, Molly, Elizabeth, Tessa.

Father:

Jesse Brooks Nichols Junior

Mother:

Grace Elizabeth (Ashton) Nichols

Spouse:

Kimberley Anne Smith

child:

Tessa Nichols

child:

Elizabeth Nichols

child:

Amy Nichols

child:

Molly Nichols