Thomas Arthur Nelson
Scottish publisher and rugby union player
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| Intro | Scottish publisher and rugby union player | |
| A.K.A. | Thomas Nelson Tommy Nelson | |
| A.K.A. | Thomas Nelson Tommy Nelson | |
| Places | United Kingdom Scotland | |
| was | Athlete Rugby union player Publisher | |
| Work field | Business Journalism Sports | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1877 | |
| Death | 9 April 1917 (aged 40 years) |
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Thomas Arthur Nelson (died on 9 April 1917, aged 40) was a Scottish rugby union player, in business as a book publisher.
He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1898.
The John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps is dedicated to him. Nelson and Buchan had been friends since Nelson was an undergraduate at University College, Oxford. He became head of the family publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons, which employed Buchan as literary advisor and was one of the writer's publishers.
He was killed in World War I at the Battle of Arras while serving as Captain with the Lothians and Border Horse.