# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-nicholson-q469572
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:04:46.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-nicholson-q469572"
name: "John Nicholson"
slug: "john-nicholson-q469572"
description: "Brigadier-General John Nicholson, was an Ulster-Scot officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young age and obtained a commission in the Bengal Army where he spent the majority of his career helping to expand the East India Company's territories in numerous conflicts, including the First Anglo-Afghan War, the First Anglo-Sikh War, and the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Nicholson created a legend for himself as a political officer under Henry Lawrence in the frontier provinces of British India, especially in the Punjab, and he was instrumental in the establishment of the North-West Frontier. Nicholson's most defining moment in his military career was his crucial role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a conflict in which he died."
tagline: "British general who died in Indian rebellion of 1857"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Nicholson_by_Kilburn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1821-12-11"
deathDate: "1857-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.350222666666666
  currentAttention:     11.96
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جان نکلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون نيكلسون (جندى من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(Offizier)"
    title: "John Nicholson (Offizier)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(East_India_Company_officer)"
    title: "John Nicholson (East India Company officer)"
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    title: "ജോൺ നിക്കോൾസൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Николсон, Джон (инæлар)"
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    title: "جان نکلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump