John Keiran Barry Moylan Nicholas (
1919 -
2002) was a
British professor of
law. He began teaching at
Brasenose College[?] at
Oxford University in
1946, and he was the principal of the college from
1978 to
1989. He gave up the position at the appointed age of 70, but he did not retire.
Nicholas' An Introduction to Roman Law[?] is a standard text in the study of Roman law.