Bickerton is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
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The name Bickerton is derived from the Old English beocere, which means bee-keeper, and tun, which originally translated to an enclosure or fence. However this came to mean a fence around a house, homestead, village or town at an early date. Thus the name can be understood to mean village of the bee-keeper. The last name originated in Malpas, Cheshire during the Norman Conquest of England, where they held a seat. The name is also estimated to have originated in Rothburg in Northumberland and Bilton, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Alexander William Bickerton
Professor Alexander William Bickerton (7 January 1842 – 21 January 1929) was the first professor of chemistry at Canterbury College (now called the University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is best known for teaching and men ...
(1842–1929), first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Canterbury, teacher of Ernest Rutherford
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Ashley Bickerton (1959-2022), American artist, son of Derek Bickerton
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Arthur Bickerton
Arthur William Bickerton (27 August 1919 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1958 to 1974, representing the seat of Pilbara. He served as a minister ...
(1919–1992), Australian politician
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Derek Bickerton (1926–2018), U.S. linguist
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Francis Howard Bickerton
Francis Howard Bickerton (15 January 1889 – 21 August 1954) was an English treasure hunter, Antarctic explorer, soldier, aeronaut, entrepreneur, big-game hunter and movie-maker. He not only made a major contribution to the Australasian Anta ...
(1889–1954), British Antarctic explorer
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Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Bickerton; 1643/44 – 28 August 1693), was the second wife of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk.
Bickerton came from a very modest social background. Her parents were Anne Hester and Robert Bickerton, Gentle ...
(1643/4-1693), née Bickerton
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Louie Bickerton
Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens (née Bickerton) (11 August 1902 – 6 June 1998) was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Aus ...
(1902–1998), Australian female tennis player
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Sir Richard Bickerton, 1st Baronet
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, 1st Baronet (23 June 172725 February 1792) was a British naval officer who finished his career as a rear admiral in the Royal Navy and was ennobled as the first Baronet Bickerton of Upwood. He served in seve ...
(1727–1792), British Royal Navy rear admiral
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Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Baronet
Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet, KCB, (11 October 1759 – 9 February 1832) was a British naval officer. He was born in Southampton, the son of Vice-admiral Sir Richard Bickerton and first served aboard HMS ''Medway'' in ...
(1759–1832), British Royal Navy admiral
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Thomas Bickerton
Thomas J. Bickerton (born July 2, 1958) is an American United Methodist bishop. Bickerton was raised in West Virginia and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. Subsequently ...
(born 1958), U.S. bishop in the United Methodist Church
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Wayne Bickerton
Wayne Bickerton (born Arthur Ronald Bickerton; 11 July 1941 – 29 November 2015) was a British record producer, songwriter and music business executive. He became well known, with Tony Waddington, as writer and producer of a series of UK chart ...
(born 1941), British songwriter, record producer and music business executive
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William Bickerton
William Bickerton (January 15, 1815 – February 17, 1905) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement after the 1844 succession crisis. In 1862, Bickerton became the founding president of the church now known as The Church of Jesus Christ ...
(1815–1905), founder of the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), a restorationist Christian church with roots in the Latter Day Saint movement
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