Johann Strauss, author of A Constitution for a Multilingual Empire: Translations of the Kanun-ı Esasi and Other Official Texts into Minority Languages, wrote that Nicolaides was "an extremely active but somewhat enigmatic figure in the press life of 19th century Istanbul".
[1] Nicolaides was born and raised in Ottoman Constantinople (now Istanbul) and attended the Great School of the Nation (Megalē tou Genous scholē),[1] from which he graduated in 1861.
In 1864, he left the first publication and began editing Heptalophos; he received ownership of it in 1865 and renamed it Nea Eptalofos.
[10] Gedeon stated that Nicolaides obtained 5,000 gold francs from the Ambassador of Russia to the Ottoman Empire, Ignatieff, to fund this publication, and that he did not give much of this away to other parties.
Evangelina Baltia and Ayșe Kavak, authors of Publisher of the newspaper Konstantinoupolis for half a century, wrote that they could find no information explaining why Nicolaides' proposal was turned down.
[17] According to Gedeon, Nicolaides had a house in Phanar (now Fener), one in Mouchli and one in Antigone (now Burgazada) in the Princes' Islands.
Rum Millet community members living in Pera (Beyoğlu) and friends paid for his funeral, which was officiated by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Germanus V.[2] Nicolaides received medals: the Ücüncü Rütbe'den Mecidî nişani after requesting so from the Ottoman government, the Serbian Ücüncü Rütbe'den Takova nişani, a third degree award and then second and first degree medals, Saniye Rütbesi and Mütemayize Rütbesi, the last in 1893.