▁Best ▁A ctor ▁Tel ug u <0x0A> </s> ▁Thomas ▁Nicholas ▁( 1 7 ▁February ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁ ▁- ▁ 1 4 ▁May ▁ 1 8 7 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Wel sh ▁anti qu ary ▁and ▁educ ator . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Nicholas ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁that ched ▁house ▁near ▁T ref g arn ▁chap el , ▁not ▁far ▁from ▁Sol va , ▁P embro kes hire . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Lanc ash ire ▁College , ▁Manchester , ▁and ▁at ▁Gött ingen ▁in ▁Germany , ▁where ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁Ph D . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁Pres by ter ian ▁minister , ▁and ▁served ▁at ▁Str oud , ▁Gl ouc esters hire ▁and ▁at ▁E ign bro ok , ▁Here ford shire . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁professor ▁of ▁bib lic al ▁literature ▁and ▁mental ▁and ▁moral ▁science ▁at ▁the ▁Pres by ter ian ▁College ▁at ▁Car mar then . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁he ▁settled ▁in ▁London , ▁res ign ing ▁his ▁professor ship , ▁and ▁th ence for th , ▁with ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁Sir ▁Hugh ▁O wen , ▁Lord ▁Aber d are , ▁Arch de acon ▁Griff ith s , ▁Rev . ▁David ▁Thomas ▁( editor ▁of ▁the ▁Hom il ist ), ▁and ▁others , ▁he ▁promoted ▁a ▁scheme ▁for ▁the ▁further ance ▁of ▁higher ▁education ▁in ▁Wales ▁on ▁non - sect arian ▁principles , ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁movement . ▁He ▁subsequently ▁disag