Background
Nichols, Frederick Day was born in 1870 in Plainfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Horace (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah (Robinson) N.
Nichols, Frederick Day was born in 1870 in Plainfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Horace (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah (Robinson) N.
Preparatory ed’n, Cedar Valley (Iowa) Seminary and Morgan Park (Illinois) Academy. Graduate University of Chicago, 1897. Graduate study in English, University of Chicago, and Oxford (England), 1897-1900.
Associate in English, University of Chicago, 1897-1900. Assistant editor, Ginn & Company, 1900-1905. Charter member, treasurer Council of Society of Printers, 1905-1906.
President F. D. Nichols Company.
Club: Quadrangle (Chicago), Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Kenilworth, Illinois, 1897, Harriet Campbell Rew.