Reynold A. Nicholson

Reynold A. Nicholson FBA
Born	(1868-08-18)18 August 1868 Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	27 August 1945(1945-08-27) (aged 77) Chester, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Orientalist translator scholar
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable awards	Porson Prize (1890)
Parent	Henry Alleyne Nicholson (father)

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, FBA (18 August 1868 – 27 August 1945), or R. A. Nicholson, was an eminent English orientalist, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, and widely regarded as one of the greatest Rumi (Mevlana or Mawlana) scholars and translators in the English language.