John Laurens Bicknell
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John Laurens Bicknell | |
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 John Bicknell, 1845 lithograph | |
| Born | 1786 |
| Died | 3 August 1845 (aged 58–59) Dover |
| Occupations | solicitor and author |
John Laurens Bicknell (c.1786 – 3 August 1845[1]) was an English solicitor and author.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.[3]
He was the son of John Bicknell and his wife Sabrina Sidney.[4] His name commemorated John Laurens, his father's friend, who died in 1782.[5] He was educated at Charles Burney's school, where his mother worked, having been left little to live on when his father died in 1787.[2][4]
In a successful legal career, Bicknell became solicitor to the Admiralty.[6] He was Sir John Soane's solicitor from 1828, and an original trustee of the Soane Museum.[7] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and died at Dover on 3 August 1845, aged 59.[8]
