Faxon, Charles Edward, 1846-1918

Faxon was born Jan. 21, 1846 in Roxbury, Mass. He was educated at the local public schools and graduated as a civil engineer in 1867 from the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge, Mass. An instructor in botany at the Bussey Institution from 1879-1884, he joined the Arnold Arboretum staff in 1882 as the assistant director. Faxon served the Arboretum for 36 years in many capacities, which included librarian, herbarium curator, and botanical illustrator for The silva of North America, Manual of the trees of North America, Garden and forest, Trees and shrubs, and the Forest flora of Japan.

From the description of Papers of Charles Edward Faxon, 1882-1918. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 43580121

Charles Edward Faxon was born on Jan. 21, 1845 in a part of Roxbury, Mass., that later became Jamaica Plain. From 1879-1884 he was instructor of botany at the Bussey Institution. C.S. Sargent appointed Faxon assistant director of the Arnold Arboretum in 1882, and Faxon retained that post until his death. At the Arboretum Faxon was in charge of the library and herbarium and drew the illustrations for Sargent's Silva of North America, among other publications.

From the description of Translations of Julius Milde's Botrychiorum monographia. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40845010