Ticknor

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

^ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[Hanks_2003-1] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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