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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.
August 20, 2022August 20, 2022

“C. Werner, friend of Dr Mader, who came with him to visit us”, 1906

The interest in our recently-published reproduction of Clarence Bicknell’s “Book of Guests in Esperanto” continues to throw up interesting snippets of detail. […]

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

La Gastolibro de Clarence Bicknell en Esperanto

Eldonita en julio 2022 kaj nun havebla, tutmonde, de Amazon, aŭ en certaj librovendejoj kaj ankaŭ de www.clarencebicknell.com/shop se vi loĝas en […]

July 19, 2022May 28, 2024

Clarence Bicknell’s Book of Guests in Esperanto – published July 2022

Clarence Bicknell’s Book of Guests in Esperanto is a masterpiece of dedication and arts-and-crafts talent in watercolours, published in book form worldwide.. […]

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Postcard from Clarence Bicknell to Emile Cartailhac, April 1911

Postcard from Clarence Bicknell to Emile Cartailhac, April 1911, in the archives of Toulouse University. With thanks to Helen Blancfrancard for finding […]

July 16, 2022July 19, 2022

Clarence’s death and Luigi’s Forget-Me-Not

104 years ago today, 17 July 1918, was a sunny day in Casterino. Luigi Pollini carried Clarence Bicknell out onto the terrace […]

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Gisella Merello’s new book and the exhibition till 19 June in the Chiesa Anglicana, Bordighera

If you live within driving distance of Bordighera you have a few more days in which to see a remarkable exhibition linked […]

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Inscription on the main door of the Chiesa Anglicana in Bordighera

I WILL BE TO THEM A LITTLESANCTUARY IN THE COUNTRIESWHERE THEY SHALL COME At the request of Gisella Merello, author of her […]

June 7, 2022January 3, 2025

The Dandelion – Clarence’s favourite plant

Clarence’s favourite flower, the humble Dandelion, in one of the vellum-bound albums by Clarence Bicknell in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. This image […]

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Nice Historique – Les Botanistes aux Sommets

We received today copies of the latest edition of Nice Historique, the journal of the Acadèmia Nissarda. It features the Botanistes aux […]

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

Margaret = Margherita = Daisy

A decorative floral design from his Book of Guests in Esperanto written and drawn by Clarence Bicknell between 1910 and 1918. Clarence […]

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