John Nichols was born on March 21, 1921 in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University and the University of North Carolina where he received his PhD in physiology in 1950. From 1951 to 1954, Nichols was a medical student at the University of Liverpool and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh. He returned to Virginia and began work at the Medical College of Virginia as an instructor in Pathology. In 1958 he relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas where he joined the faculty of the University of Kansas Medical Center. He lived and worked in Kansas until his death from cancer on November 29, 1978.
The materials in this collection document Dr. John Nichols pursuits in disproving the government's conclusion of a single gunman in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As a pathologist, Dr. Nichols used scientific and medical analysis in his interpretation of the facts. Dr. Nichols based his theory on his own re-enactment of a portion of the assassination using cadaver targets. Specifically, his results come from movies at 1400 frames per second of authentic ammunition hitting the cadaver targets. As such, Dr. Nichols believed these films and analysis of other medical evidence from the assassination bring serious doubt to the conclusions of the Warren Commission Report. Items document Dr. Nichols attempts to gather government evidence, conduct his scientific testing, and resulting publications.
John Nichols was born on March 21, 1921 in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University and the University of North Carolina where he received his PhD in physiology in 1950. From 1951 to 1954, Nichols was a medical student at the University of Liverpool and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh. He returned to Virginia and began work at the Medical College of Virginia as an instructor in Pathology. In 1958 he relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas where he joined the faculty of the University of Kansas Medical Center. He lived and worked in Kansas until his death from cancer on November 29, 1978.
The materials in this collection document Dr. John Nichols pursuits in disproving the government's conclusion of a single gunman in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As a pathologist, Dr. Nichols used scientific and medical analysis in his interpretation of the facts. Dr. Nichols based his theory on his own re-enactment of a portion of the assassination using cadaver targets. Specifically, his results come from movies at 1400 frames per second of authentic ammunition hitting the cadaver targets. As such, Dr. Nichols believed these films and analysis of other medical evidence from the assassination bring serious doubt to the conclusions of the Warren Commission Report. Items document Dr. Nichols attempts to gather government evidence, conduct his scientific testing, and resulting publications.
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