 David Nicholls (theologian)

David Gwyn Nicholls (1936–1996) was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and Caribbean studies scholar who authored more than one hundred publications in the fields of political theology and Caribbean studies.Born on 3 June 1936 in Woking, Surrey, David Nicholls was educated at Woking Grammar School (1947–54), the London School of Economics (1954–57, Lash Prize 1956, BScEcon in government (first-class honours) 1957, Gladstone Prize 1957), King's College, Cambridge (1957–60, PhD in history 1972), Yale Divinity School (Henry Fellow 1960–66, STM 1962), and Chichester Theological College (1961–62, ordained deacon 1962, priest 1963).