George Luxford (7 April 1807 – 12 June 1854) was an English botanist, printer and journalist.
At age 11 he was apprenticed to Allingham, a printer in Reigate, with whom he remained 16 years, and where he studied.
His obituary notice in The Phytologist states he worked there in the printing and engraving business of "Mr.
[1] Returning south in 1837, Luxford started in business as a printer in London the next year,[1] and shortly was given a contract by Longmans, to print a magazine edited by John Claudius Loudon.
[2][9] According to Rosemary Ashton, as publisher also of the Westminster Review, Luxford made false accounts to the owner, William Edward Hickson, who sold out to John Chapman in 1851.