John Henry Nicholson (21 September 1889 – 9 August 1972)[1] was the second Principal of University College Hull, and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull.
Dr John H Nicholson was educated at the University of Oxford, where he gained a 'double first' in theology.
Nicholson was the second Principal of University College Hull, from 1935 to 1954.
He guided the college through the difficult years of World War II, and oversaw the transition of the university college to the status of a fully independent university, becoming the new university's first vice-chancellor (1954–1956).
Nicholson was a bachelor throughout his career, on leaving the university he retired to the city of York.