| Who is it? | Actor, Assistant Director, Camera Department |
| Birth Day | February 19, 20 |
| Birth Place | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Ray Nicholson's net worth is estimated to be between $100K and $1 million in 2024. Hailing from the United States, Ray Nicholson has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry, wearing multiple hats as an actor, assistant director, and camera department professional. With such diverse expertise, Ray has undoubtedly contributed significantly to the success of various projects throughout his career. As his net worth indicates, his talent and hard work have been well rewarded, and his trajectory in the industry looks promising as he continues to make waves in the coming years.
Son of palaeontologist Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Nicholson was born at Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and died at Chester, Cheshire. Educated at Aberdeen University and Trinity College, Cambridge, Nicholson was professor of Persian at University College London from 1901 to June 1902, then lecturer in Persian at the University of Cambridge from 1902 to 1926, and Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge from 1926 to 1933. He is considered a leading scholar in Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism who exercised a lasting influence on Islamic studies. He was able to study and translate major Sufi texts in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish to English. Nicholson wrote two very influential books: Literary History of The Arabs (1907) and The Mystics of Islam (1914).
Nicholson's magnum opus was his work on Rumi's Masnavi, published in eight volumes between 1925 and 1940. He produced the first critical Persian edition of the Masnavi, the first full translation of it into English, and the first commentary on the entire work in English. This work has been highly influential in the field of Rumi studies worldwide.
