Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell

(20 June 1877 – 8 November 1918) was a British biologist, physician and author whose work in South America and Africa led to the discovery of several new species.

He completed his medical training at the London Hospital, qualifying in 1907, before studying under Gustav Mann at Tulane University in Louisiana, where he was also assistant professor of physiology.

Spurrell's zoological research led to the discovery and classification of fish, reptiles and frogs from South America and West Africa, particularly from Colombia and the Gold Coast.

He died of pneumonia at Alexandria, Egypt, on 8 November 1918, and is buried at the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery.

At Sunrise: A story of the Beltane (1904) is set in Iron Age Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest.