John Bicknell solicitor to the Admiralty and the Prince Regent, became father-in-law to John Constable. His eldest daughter Maria Elizabeth Bicknell married Constable in 1816. John Bicknell John Bicknell, the elder (baptised 1746 – 1787) was an English barrister and writer. He was co-author with Thomas Day of the abolitionist poem "The Dying Negro" from 1773. Bicknell has also been credited with "Musical Travels through England", a pseudonymous satire on Charles Burney. The second son of Robert Bicknell of the Inner Temple, he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1761. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1769.
Bicknell Museum Bicknell Museum The Clarence Bicknell Museum is a small building almost hidden at 39 Via Romana in Bordighera. This is often referred to as its official address, but the large villa is the seat of the International Institute of Ligurian Studies. To the right of the building is the via Clarence Bicknell leading to the entrance of the gardens of the villa and of the museum. The two buildings are part of the same bloc. In 1888 Clarence Bicknell built the museum to collect, preserve and exhibit his archaeological and botanical collections. Clarence Bicknell was the first to study systematically