['< sod >\'\'\'nicholas alan gradon thomas\'\'\'( 19 october 1911, [ [ hampstead ] ], london - 3 august 1992 ), was an english [ [ bibliophile ] ] and [ [ lawrence durrell ] ] scholar who was donated [ [ lawrence durrell collection | a significant collection ] ] of books, journals and other materials of or pertaining to durrell to the [ [ london british library ] ]. < ref name = " indobit " > { { and cite news < eod > < sod >\'\'\'alan gradon thomas\'\'\'( 19 october 1911, [ [ hampstead ] ], london - 3 august 1992 ), was an english [ [ ・ bibliophile ] ]. he was both a friend of [ [ lawrence durrell ] ] artist and scholar of his works. after durrell\'when s death, thomas donated [ [ lawrence spencer durrell collection | a significant collection ] ] of books, art journals and other materials of or pertaining to durrell to the [ [ british library ] ]. this amount is maintained as the lawrence durrell collection. < ref name = " indobit " > { { cite news < eod >']