Thomas Low Nichols

Thomas Low Nichols (December 13, 1815 – July 8, 1901) was an American physician, journalist, writer, and advocate for a number of causes including free love, hydrotherapy, food and health reform, vegetarianism and spiritualism. Born in Orford, New Hampshire, Nichols initially studied medicine at Dartmouth College but dropped out and became a radical journalist, working for newspapers in Lowell and New York. His tenure as an editor and proprietor of the Buffalonian led to a brief prison sentence …