Philip Nicholas
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Birth namePhilip Leach Nicholas
Date of birth30 May 1876
Date of death31 January 1952 (aged 75)
| Birth name | Philip Leach Nicholas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 May 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Monmouth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 January 1952 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Barnstaple, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Monmouth School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Philip Leach Nicholas (30 May 1876 – 31 January 1952)[1] was an international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Oxford University and Exeter. Nicolas played one international rugby game for England in 1902.
Philip Nicholas was born in Monmouth in 1876,[2] the son of Thomas Leach Nicholas, a proprietor of a small chemical works, and his wife Julia Elizabeth.[3] He was educated locally at Monmouth School before matriculating to Oxford University. After leaving university he became a clergyman and he was ordained in 1908. He moved to Devon where he was married to Annie Margaret. Nicolas died in 1952 and was buried at St. John the Baptist's Church Cemetery in Bishop's Tawton, Devon.[4]