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Tickner Tickner is a topographic surname of English origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road. Notable people with the surname include: * Blair Tickner (born 1993), cricketer * Charles Tickner (born 1953), figure skater * Frank ...

, is a topographic

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. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anna Eliot Ticknor Anna Eliot Ticknor ( Boston, Massachusetts, June 1, 1823 – October 5, 1896) was an American educator, who launched the first correspondence school in the United States, and pioneered public libraries in Massachusetts. Distinction In 1873, Tick ...

(1823–1896), American author and educator *

Ben Ticknor Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American college football player. He was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense. He was captain of the 1930 team. Harvard did not ...

(1909–1979), American football player *

Duane Ticknor Duane Ticknor He is a former assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies and a former NBA D-League head coach for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Sioux Falls Skyforce and Sacramento Kings. Biography Ticknor is a native of Vermillion, South Dakota wher ...

, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings *

Elisha Ticknor Elisha Ticknor (born March 25, 1757 in Lebanon, Connecticut) was an educator and merchant primarily in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the father of George Ticknor, who became a professor and renowned expert at Harvard University in the history and cr ...

(1757–1821), educator and merchant, father of Boston author George Ticknor *

Francis Orray Ticknor Francis Orray Ticknor (November 13, 1822 – December 18, 1874) was an American doctor and poet. From the state of Georgia, he became known as a war poet ("Georgia's Confederate Poet"), mostly through the fame he acquired with the ballad "Little ...

, country doctor, poet, and man of letters *

George Ticknor George Ticknor (August 1, 1791 – January 26, 1871) was an American academician and Hispanist, specializing in the subject areas of languages and literature. He is known for his scholarly work on the history and criticism of Spanish literature. ...

(1791–1871), American academician and Hispanist *

George Ticknor (journalist) ''The Keene Sentinel'' is an independently owned daily newspaper published in Keene, New Hampshire. It currently publishes six days a week. The ''Sentinel'' is the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, having operate ...

(1822–1866), lawyer, and later a journalist *

George Ticknor Curtis George Ticknor Curtis (November 28, 1812 – March 28, 1894) was an American historian, lawyer, and writer. Biography Curtis was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1832 and then Harvard Law School. Aft ...

(1812–1894), American author, writer, historian and lawyer *

William Ticknor William Davis Ticknor I (August 6, 1810 – April 10, 1864) was an American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and a founder of the publishing house Ticknor and Fields. Life and work William Davis Ticknor was born on August 6, 1810, on th ...

(1810–1864), American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA **

Ticknor and Fields Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as a bookstore in 1832, the business would publish many 19th century American authors including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, ...

, American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts * William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (1881–1938), American businessman

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