Ticknor, a variant spelling of

Tickner Tickner is a topographic surname of English name, 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 skate ...

, is a topographic

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of English origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823–1896), American author and educator *

Ben Ticknor Benjamin Holt Ticknor II (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American college football player. He was a prominent Center (gridiron football), center for the Harvard Crimson football, Harvard Crimson, also known for his play on defens ...

(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, Ver ...

, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings * Elisha Ticknor (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 medical 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 ...

, 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 literatur ...

(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 operat ...

(1822–1866), lawyer, and later a journalist * George Ticknor Curtis (1812–1894), American author, writer, historian and lawyer * William Ticknor (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 published many 19th-century American authors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henr ...

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

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