page_title: Larry D. Nichols
hierarchical_section_title: Larry D. Nichols
caption_attribution_description: English: Pocket Cube Nederlands: Pocket Cube
context_page_description: Larry D. Nichols, born 1939 in the United States, is a puzzle designer. He grew up in Xenia, Ohio, and studied chemistry at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, before moving to Massachusetts to attend Harvard Graduate School. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including 'The Nichols Cube Puzzle', patent US365520.
  He has lived with his wife Karen in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1959.
context_section_description: Larry D. Nichols, born 1939 in the United States, is a puzzle designer. He grew up in Xenia, Ohio, and studied chemistry at DePauw University in  Greencastle, Indiana, before moving to Massachusetts to attend Harvard Graduate School. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles  including 'The Nichols Cube Puzzle' (1974), patent US365520.
  He has lived with his wife Karen in Arlington, Massachusetts since 1959.
caption: Pocket Cube animation.