Ticknor

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Ticknor, a variant spelling of Tickner, is a topographic surname of English origin for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823–1896), American author and educator
  • Ben Ticknor (1909–1979), American football player
  • Duane Ticknor, assistant basketball coach for the Sacramento Kings
  • Elisha Ticknor (1757–1821), educator and merchant, father of Boston author George Ticknor
  • Francis Orray Ticknor, country doctor, poet, and man of letters
  • George Ticknor (1791–1871), American academician and Hispanist
  • George Ticknor (journalist)
    (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
  • William Davis Ticknor, Sr.
    (1881–1938), American businessman

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