Flaxman Explained

Flaxman is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Alfred Flaxman (1879–1916), British track and field athlete
• Charles Flaxman (1806–1869), Australian clerk
• John Flaxman (1755–1826), English sculptor and draughtsman
• Maria Flaxman (1768–1833) English illustrator, half-sister of John
• George Flaxman, a British Army private executed for murder in 1887

Given name:

• Flaxman Charles John Spurrell, (1842–1915), English archaeologist, geologist and photographer

See also

• Flaxman crater, a meteorite crater in South Australia
• Flaxman Gallery, a collection of works by John Flaxman at the University College London
• Flaxman Island, the location of the Leffingwell Camp Site in Alaska
• Flaxman typeface, designed by Edward Wright (artist) for New Scotland Yard
• FLAxman, a 1927 London telephone exchange on the Director telephone system, which was replaced in about 1968 by the dialling code 352-xxxx ^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: A list of all the telephone exchanges in the London Director system circa 1968. . Rhaworth.net . 2023-01-31.