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'''George Ticknor''' (14 April 1822 [[Boston]] – 25 December 1866 [[Keene, New Hampshire]]) was a [[lawyer]], and later a [[journalist]].
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==Education==
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He graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1847, and studied law in [[Franklin, New Hampshire]].
==Family==
Ticknor was born to Benjamin Ticknor and Hannah Gardner.<ref>The Ticknor family in America : Being an account of the descendants of William Ticknor of Scituate, and of other immigrants named Ticknor or Tickner. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2015.</ref> Benjamin was a broker and employed Ticknor’s cousin, [[William Ticknor]], who also resided with their family at their Boston residence. Another cousin, [[George Ticknor]], also resided in Boston where he was a writer and historian.
==Career==
He was admitted to the bar in 1850, and began practice in [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover]], but in the following year moved to [[Claremont, New Hampshire|Claremont]]. He was solicitor for [[Sullivan County, New Hampshire|Sullivan County]] 1855-1859. About 1860, he settled in Keene and purchased a large interest in ''[[The Keene Sentinel]]'' which he edited during the remainder of his days. He published ''Gazetteer and Biographical Sketches of New Hampshire''.
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American journalist
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