The Victorian polymath
The Victorian polymath
Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Riviera and Neighbouring MountainsClarence Bicknell, 1885https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Flora_of_Bordighera_and_San_Remo.html?id=TkC9QAAACAAJ&redir_esc=yThe printed version of the book is available at AbeBooks for […]
It was through his research into Clarence Bicknell that Graham Avery, the Vice-Chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association, became interested in Fritz […]
By Graham Avery The Swiss botanist Henry Correvon visited Clarence Bicknell at his summer home Casa Fontanalba in Casterino on 16 July […]
A decorative floral design by Clarence Bicknell from his Book of Guests in Esperanto. Here he plays tribute to one of his […]
Our website and Facebook posting about the identity of Luigi Pollini (https://clarencebicknell.com/cima-pollini-who-was-pollini/) has triggered further input on the subject from readers. Most […]
Clarence Bicknell’s painting is from his Book of Guests in Esperanto opposite the entry for Capi, his niece Nora’s dog. Clarence Bicknell […]
The Children’s Picture Book of Wild Plants of 1908 is one of Clarence’s best illustrated albums, all of them bound in vellum […]
The family Bottacco and Clarence Bicknell – how did they know each other? Rhea Bottacca Sanseverino, her husband Leopoldo Bottacco and their […]
The Ancient King, l’Antico Re, was the name used by Clarence Bicknell and other botanists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth […]
I received today a copy of an interesting photo of Clarence Bicknell. It was sent by Dr. Andrea De Pascale, PhD, Conservatore […]