Loss of a keeper
I am sure I express the sentiments of historians and researchers at home and abroad in regretting his future absence at the helm at a critical moment in the history of a collection of documents compiled in many parts of Scotland and the continent and dating from the 12th century.
The achievements of Mr Nicoll’s ten years as a keeper and archivist brought international recognition not only for himself but for the Scottish Catholic Archives, which, without his drive and direction, will be the poorer.
Michael TRB Turnbull
Orchard Court
Longniddry, East Lothian