# Professor Reynold A. Nicholson — The Luzumiyat character guide

> Professor Reynold A. Nicholson in The Luzumiyat by Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Professor Nicholson, Nicholson

**First appearance:** 0003-the-luzumiyat

## Who they are

A noted orientalist and translator whose works on Arabic poetry are referenced in the commentary.

## In the story

### [The Luzumiyat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luzumiyat_se/chapters/the-luzumiyat)

Referenced for his translations and interpretations of al-Maʻarri's poetry.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luzumiyat_se/chapters/endnotes)

Translated poems from the Luzumiyat, including the 'three prisons' quatrain; author of A Literary History of the Arabs, which discusses Abu al-ʻAlaʼ at length.

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