Eugene Pintard Bicknell

Eugene Pintard Bicknell (September 23, 1859 – February 9, 1925) was an American botanist and ornithologist.

Early life Bicknell was born at Riverdale-on-Hudson, the sixth son of Maria Theresa ( Pierrepont) and Joseph Inglis Bicknell.

The family was descended on the paternal side from settlers who moved from England in 1635 and on the maternal side from Sir Robert de Pierrepont who served William the Conqueror before settling in America in 1640. His maternal grandfather was Hezekiah Pierrepont, a prominent merchant and land developer in Brooklyn. Another relative, Reverend James Pierrepont of New Haven had donated his books to form the nucleus of the Yale College Library, which had been founded by Bicknell's direct ancestor, the Rev. James Pierpont. Bicknell's works include Review of the Summer Birds of Part of the Catskill Mountains (1882) and The Ferns and Flowering Plants of Nantucket (1908–19). His plant collections were gifted by his wife to the New York Botanical Garden. there are at least 7 plants are named in honour of Eugene Pintard Bicknell (as bicknellii )

Carex bicknellii