Charles Edward Faxon

Charles Edward Faxon (January 21, 1846 – February 6, 1918) was an American botanical artist and instructor of botany born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

[1] In 1867 he received his degree in civil engineering from Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge.

Faxon was knowledgeable in regards to the flora of New England, and in 1882 joined the staff at the Arnold Arboretum.

He worked closely with Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), the director of the arboretum.

Faxon created 744 plates for illustration of Sargent's "Silva of North America".