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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.
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 […]

July 17, 2021July 18, 2021

Clarence’s inspiring fritillaries

In our regular postings on Facebook, occasionally here, we have featured at least three times Clarence’s watercolour designs based on the fritillary. […]

June 29, 2021July 18, 2021

The Book of Guests in Esperanto – text published

The Book of Guests in Esperanto by Clarence Bicknell is published today in text form. We provide a transcription of the Esperanto […]

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

Elhanan Bicknell’s whale oil refinery in London; the site identified.

I am grateful to Mark Howard, whaling history expert who got in touch with us in 2017, for forwarding today a photo […]

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