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Bicknell, Thomas William, 1834-

Educator: born in Barrington, R. I., Sept. 6, 1834; was graduated at Brown University in 1860; teacher and principal of schools in 1860-69; and Commissioner of Education in Rhode Island in 1869-75. He was the founder, editor, and proprietor of the Near England journal of education; Education, and Primary teacher, and a founder of the National Council of Education. In 1860 he was a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and in 1888-99 of the Massachusetts legislature. He is author of State educational reports; John Myles and religious toleration; Life of W. L. Noyes: brief history of Barrington; Barrington in the Rerolution; The Bicknells, etc.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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