The death has just been announced of W. F. H. "Bill" Nicolaisen, folklorist, linguist, medievalist, scholar of onomastics and literature, educator, and author with specialties in Scottish, European, and American folklore.

Professor Nicolaisen was a graduate of the Universities of Tubingen (Dr Phil) and Glasgow (MLitt).

We hope to provide a full obiturary in next week's Campus e-News.


First published: 16 February 2016