One of the early believers in psychological medicine, Maurice
Nicoll (1884-1953) was a pupil of Dr. C.G. Jung. As a leading
British psychologist who studied with G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D.
Ouspensky, Nicoll became one of the leading proponents of their
ideas. The son of Sir William Robertson Nicoll, the literary critic
and editor, Maurice studied at Cambridge where he took a first
in science and then at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and in Vienna,
Berlin and Zurich. In 1921 he met Ouspensky and in 1922 he went
to the Institute at Fontainbleau to study directly under Ouspensky's
teacher Gurdjieff. He afterwards resumed his practice in London
and studied under Ouspensky until 1931 when he was given permission
to teach.
