George Gurney Mather Nicol was born into an elite
Sierra Leone Creole family: he was a grandson of
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and the son of the mathematics teacher and clergyman George Croley Nicol. Born on 22 February 1856 at
Freetown, he was educated in England, at
Monkton Combe School and
Sydney College, Bath. In 1879 he graduated BA from
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He went on to the
Church Missionary Society College, Islington and was ordained in 1883. After graduation, Nicol returned to Sierra Leone. Like his father, he taught mathematics at
Fourah Bay College, and became a Colonial Chaplain. Ordained deacon in 1883, he became a curate at
Church of the Holy Trinity, Freetown. In 1885 he was ordained priest, and became Pastor of
Sherbro Island. He died on 15 August 1888. ==References==