Bicknell, William

First name(s)

William

Surname

Bicknell

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *3

Evening Class lecturer on Shorthand, 1878-1896

Education & professional details

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *4

• Schoolmaster Clerkenwell Parochial CofE School, 1861
• Headmaster Turner's Free School, Primrose Hill, 1861-[1879]
• Registrar of Births & Deaths, 1881-1891

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

28th March 1835

Place of birth ^Ref: *1

Chelsea, London

Date of death ^Ref: *2

19th October 1901

Place of death ^Ref: *2

Welling, Kent

Family details ^Ref: *5

Father William Bicknell, Schoolmaster St Stephens National Infants' School, River St, Islington; Mother Martha also schoolmistress at River St.; Spouse Rebecca Bilby, married 6 Oct 1860 Islington; Children William b1862; George b1863; Arthur b1866; Jeannie b1869

Notes ^Ref: *6

Clerkenwell Parochial School, founded in 1699, still exists as a school and has an archive which may include mention of William Bicknell. www.clerkenwellprimary.org/school-history/. Article in Clerkenwell News on his promotion to Turner's Free School (see refs) mentions that he had been there "for many years"; Turner's Free School events are subject of several articles in London City Press (see refs). Bicknell is mentioned as presiding. Turner's Free School was ceased by Charity Commissioners in 1879 and the buildings sold. Bicknell was granted a yearly pension of 50. This is about the time that he joined King's College. He was recommended for his post at Kings by his immediate predecessor, Mansfield Collier Soutter, who mentions the post at Turner's; William and his family moved to Kent between 1881 and 1891, to live with his parents, at Montigny Place, Welling, which is where he died.