Services
Kent Bicknell is well qualified in three distinct but overlapping fields: 1) education, especially in small independent schools; 2) scholarship on the New England Transcendentalists; and 3) public speaking/presentations on #1 and #2 and how they intersect. Details are below.
On the bleachers with friends on the New Hampton School campus circa 1951-52. Kent, suspenders and all, is on the far left. His brothers, Stuart and David, are on the far right. His bulldog, Mugsy, is front right.
Ralph Waldo Emerson notes Henry Thoreau’s success as a school teacher in 1841. “Mr. Thoreau…had 40 scholars & might have reopened his school with 45.” Thoreau stopped to care for his brother, John.
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A captive audience at Motithang Higher Secondary School in Thimphu, Bhutan, 11 March, 2011 during Kent’s time working with the Bhutan Ministry of Education. Click here for a transcript of his talk.
Helping Small Schools
Kent understands the various cycles small schools go through and is committed to helping educators chart new ways to success for all involved. He has helped schools here and abroad stay true to core values while adopting 21st century best practices.
Helping Scholars, Collectors & Institutions
Kent knows the hearts, minds and lives of the 19th century New England Transcendentalists, those towering figures of American thought like Henry Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson and Louisa May Alcott, and Elizabeth Peabody. Over the last quarter century Kent built a number of substantial collections of rare books and manuscripts while assisting scholars, collectors and institutions in the identification and acquisition of significant artifacts.
Speaking & Presentations
Through writings and lectures on the New England Transcendentalists, Kent has helped audiences across the country understand the value of world views forged 150 years ago as he “brings the presence of the past into the present.”