What was the nationality of the person Roger North compared Nicola Matteis to?
Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1670 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have bin a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he had been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.
Nicola Padfield Nicola Margaret Padfield ("née" Helme; born 16 May 1955) is a British barrister and academic. She is the current Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, since her appointment in October 2013. She is Reader in Criminal and Penal Justice in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. In addition to her academic work, she is a Recorder of the Crown Court, and a Bencher of the Middle Temple.