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The Rt Rev Vernon Sampson Nicholls (1917–1996) was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1974 to 1983.He was born in Truro on 3 September 1917 and educated at Truro School and Durham University. He studied for ordination at Clifton Theological College was ordained in 1941 and held Curacies at Bedminster Down Bristol and at Liskeard in Cornwall. He was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces from 1944 to 1946. Later he was Vicar of Meopham then Rural Dean of Walsall.