Horace Walter Nicholls[1] (February 17, 1867–1941)[1] was an English photographer.
Nicholls was born in Cambridge, the son of Charlotte (née Johnson) and Arthur N. Nicholls, a professional photographer.[1] Nicholls was apprenticed to his photographer father on the Isle of Wight and in Huddersfield before setting up as a professional photographer in Johannesburg. During the Second Boer War he worked for the London-based periodical South Africa.
He then returned to England as a freelance, specialising in pictures of social and sporting events for magazines such as The Tatler, The Illustrated London News and Black and White, being one of the first photographers to make a living from documentary photography.[2]
During World War I he worked in government information, devoting his later life primarily to his family. He had five children, including noted character actor Anthony Nicholls. He died of diabetes.