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Author: Marcus Bicknell

Marcus Bicknell is the great-grand-nephew of Clarence Bicknell, curator of the family collection, editor of www.clarencebicknell.com and chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association. He was awarded the 2017 Parmurelu d’Oru prize for services to culture in Bordighera. After his Masters in Physical Anthropology from Cambridge University in 1969 he was a marketing executive in the media business all his career; he managed Genesis and worked for CBS, A&M Records, television satellite operator SES Astra and the BBC. He has served on the Development Board of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and other community associations. He was born in the USA, is a British national, motor-racer, horse-rider, has lived in 7 countries, speaks German and French and lives with his family in the Chiltern Hills.
October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Lathyrus pratensis in Clarence’s book for children

The Children’s Picture Book of Wild Plants of 1908 is one of Clarence’s best illustrated albums, all of them bound in vellum […]

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

The family Bottacco and Clarence Bicknell

The family Bottacco and Clarence Bicknell – how did they know each other? Rhea Bottacca Sanseverino, her husband Leopoldo Bottacco and their […]

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021

Clarence Bicknell; poetry, periwinkle, presentation, perfection…

Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to central […]

September 10, 2021November 9, 2024

The Ancient King, Saxifraga florulenta

The Ancient King, l’Antico Re, was the name used by Clarence Bicknell and other botanists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth […]

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

Photo of Clarence in 1883 in Finalmarina; what does it tell us?

I received today a copy of an interesting photo of Clarence Bicknell. It was sent by Dr. Andrea De Pascale, PhD, Conservatore […]

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

Clarence Bicknell and the Martagon Lily; luxurious brightness

We show three of Clarence’s images of the Martagon Lily here. Firstly in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book (Bicknell Collection) which he […]

August 31, 2021November 11, 2024

L’Homme des Merveilles – Clarence Bicknell

70 years after Clarence Bicknell’s death he was being referred to as L’Homme des Merveilles, the man who discovered the 11,000 rock […]

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

Astragalus and Burnat in the Book of Guests in Esperanto

Watercolour by Clarence Bicknell of Astragalus monspessulanus (genus Astragalus), native to S. Central & S. Europe to W. Ukraine, NW. Africa. Conservation; […]

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

Teaching sisters to draw

I was interested to get an email from Selby Whittingham on Thu, 19 Aug 2021 … Subject: Edward Lear and Clarence Bicknell    […]

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Aquilegia alpina in the Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book

Clarence’s artistic endeavours flourished when he could combine his creativity and botanical knowledge with his design skills. Instead of having a standard […]

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