Eric Patrick Nicol CM, BA, MA (born 28 December 1919 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian author and playwright, particularly of humour. Living in Vancouver since 1921, he attended the University of British Columbia where he studied French. In 1941, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the university. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means Desiring a better country. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Kingston, Ontario, is a historic city in Ontario, Canada, located in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Vancouver (pronounced ) is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...

Following military service in World War 2, Nicol returned to Vancouver to gain his Master of Arts degree, after further French studies from the University of British Columbia. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ...

He then studied in France at the Sorbonne, and lived in London for a few years writing comedy for the BBC before returning to Vancouver in 1951. There, he became a regular columnist for Vancouver newspaper The Province for several decades. The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The Sorbonne today, from the same point of view The Sorbonne is frequently used in ordinary parlance as synonymous with the faculty of theology of Paris or the University of Paris in its entirety. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... The Province is a daily newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. ...

Nicol continues to live in Vancouver, currently married to writer Mary Razzell. He had three children with his first and previous wife Myrl Mary Helen Heselton.

Awards and recognition

• 1951: winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour The Roving I
• 1956: winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Shall We Join The Ladies?
• 1958: winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Girdle Me A Globe
• 1999: finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, Anything for a Laugh: Memoirs
• 15 November 2000: appointed Member of the Order of Canada

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Bibliography

• 1950: The Roving I (Ryerson)
• 1953: Twice Over Lightly, illustrator James Simpkins (Ryerson)
• 1955: Shall We Join the Ladies?, illustrator James Simpkins (Ryerson)
• 1957: Girdle Me a Globe, illustrator James Simpkins (Ryerson)
• 1959: In Darkest Domestica, illustrator James Simpkins (Ryerson)
• 1961: with Peter Whalley, Say, Uncle: A Completely Uncalled-for History of the U.S. (Harper)
• 1962: compilation, A Herd of Yaks: The Best of Eric Nicol (Ryerson)
• 1963: with Peter Whalley, Russia, Anyone?: A Completely Uncalled-for History of the USSR (Harper and Row)
• 1963: Twice Over Lightly (Ryerson)
• 1964: Space Age Go Home! (Ryerson)
• 1965: (An Uninhibited) History of Canada, illustrator Peter Whalley (Musson)
  • 1968 reissue (Musson)
• 1966: with Peter Whalley, 100 Years of What? (Ryerson)
• 1968: A Scar is Born (Ryerson)
• 1970: Vancouver (Doubleday)
  • 1978 reissue: Vancouver (Doubleday) ISBN 038514329X
• 1971: Don't Move: Renovate Your House and Make Social Contacts (McClelland)
• 1972: The Clam Made a Face (Firebrand)
• 1972: compilation edited by Alan Walker, Still a Nicol: the Best of Eric Nicol (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) ISBN 0070927731
• 1973: Beware the Quickly Who (Playwrights Co-op)
• 1973: One Man's Media and How to Write for Them (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) ISBN 0039299910
• 1974: Letters to my Son, illustrator Roy Peterson (Macmillan) ISBN 077051216X
• 1975: with Peter Whalley, There's a Lot of it Going Around (Doubleday)
• 1975: Three Plays: Like Father Like Fun, Pillar of Sand, The Fourth Monkey (Talonbooks)
• 1977: with Peter Whalley, Canada, Cancelled Because of Lack of Interest (Hurtig) ISBN 0888301391
• 1978: with Dave More, The Joy of Hockey (Hurtig) ISBN 0888301561
• 1980: with Dave More, The Joy of Football (Hurtig) ISBN 0888301839
• 1982: with Dave More, Golf, the Agony and the Ecstasy (Hurtig) ISBN 0888302185
• 1983: Canadide: A Patriotic Satire (Macmillan) ISBN 0771597835
• 1984: with Dave More, Tennis It Serves You Right (Hurtig) ISBN 0888302665
• 1985: How to-- ! : How to be Smarter, Slimmer, Happier, Richer, Sexier-- and so Successful that You'll Never Need Another How-To Book (Macmillan) ISBN 0771596944
• 1986: with Dave More, The U.S. or Us: What's the Difference, eh? (Hurtig) ISBN 0888302967
• 1989: editor, Dickens of the Mounted: The Astounding Lost-Long Letters of Inspector F. Dickens, NWMP, 1874-1886 (McClelland and Stewart) ISBN 0771068077
• 1992: Back Talk: A Book for Bad Back Sufferers and Those Who Love (Put Up With) Them, illustrator Graham Pilsworth (McClelland and Stewart) ISBN 0771068093
• 1996: Skiing is Believing (Johnson Gorman) ISBN 092183523X
• 1998: Anything for a Laugh: Memoirs, autobiography (Harbour) ISBN 1550171879
• 1999: When Nature Calls: Life at a Gulf Island Cottage (Harbour) ISBN 1550172107
• 2001: The Casanova Sexicon: A Manual for Liberated Men (Ronsdale) ISBN 0921870884
• 2003: with Peter Whalley, Canadian Politics Unplugged (Hounslow) ISBN 1550024663
• 2004: Old Is In: A Guide for Aging Boomers (Dundurn Group) ISBN 1550025244

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External links

• University of British Columbia Library: Eric Nicol fonds, PDF, accessed 14 July 2006
• Order of Canada citation: Eric Nicol, accessed 14 July 2006
• Harbour Publishing: Eric Nicol
• BC Book World: Eric Nicol