BICKERSTETH, RIGHT REV. ROBERT (_4 son of Rev. John Bickersteth, R. of Sapcote. co. Leicester who d. 2 Sep. 1855 aged 74_). _b._ Acton, Suffolk 24 Aug. 1816; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1848, D.D. 1857; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842; C. of Sapcote 1841–43; C. of St. Giles’s Reading 1843–45; Inc. of St. John’s church Clapham 1845–51; R. of St. Giles’s in the Fields, London 1851–56; canon residentiary of Salisbury April 1854–56; bishop of Ripon 30 Nov. 1856 to death, consecrated in Ripon Minster 18 June 1857; pres. of Church Congress at Leeds 8 Oct. 1872; edited _The weekly visitor_ 1851; author of _Bible landmarks_ 1850; _Means of grace_ 1851 and many charges and sermons. _d._ the palace Ripon 15 April 1884. _bur._ in south end of Cathedral churchyard 19 April. _Our bishops and deans by Rev. F. Arnold ii_, 103–16 (1875); _Orthodox London by Rev. C. M. Davies, 2 series_ (1875) 135–42, 394–95; _Illust. news of the world iii_, (1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_, 43 (1857), _portrait, lxxxiv_, 401 (1881), _portrait_; _Graphic xxix_, 400 (1884), _portrait_. BICKERTON, THOMAS. Educ. at Andersonian Univ. of Glasgow; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1851, L.S.A. 1851; house surgeon to Warrington dispensary; surgeon to the Emigration service; practised at Liverpool 1854 to death; surgeon to the Eye and Ear infirmary; consulting surgeon to London and North Western railway company; a skilful operator in ophthalmic surgery. _d._ Mount Pleasant, Liverpool 13 April 1872 aged 45. _British Medical journal i_, 459 (1872). BICKMORE, REV. CHARLES. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; ad eund. Ox. 1853; Incorp. at Trin. coll. Ox. 1857, B.D. and D.D. 1857; C. of Bebbington, Cheshire 1840–43; asst. Min. at Temple Church Balsall, Warwick 1848–54; Min. of Christ Church Leamington 1856–70; author of _A course of historical and chronological instruction_; _A series of questions and answers on Dr. Smith’s History of Greece_. _d._ Highlands, Leamington 12 May 1880 aged 73. BICKNELL, ELHANAN (_son of Wm. Bicknell of London, serge manufacturer who d. 21 Nov. 1825 aged 77_). _b._ Blackman st. London 21 Dec. 1788; joined a firm at Newington Butts engaged in the sperm whale fishery 1809 retired from business 1859; lived at Herne hill, Surrey 1819 to death where he formed a splendid collection of pictures by Gainsborough, Turner, Roberts and other modern British painters, this collection was sold at Christie’s 25–29 April 1863 for sum of £74,380. _d._ Herne hill 27 Nov. 1861. _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 349–54 (1854).