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Flaxman

American  
[flaks-muhn] / ˈflæks mən /

noun

  1. John, 1755–1826, English sculptor and draftsman.


Flaxman British  
/ ˈflæksmən /

noun

  1. John . 1755–1826, English neoclassical sculptor and draughtsman, noted particularly for his monuments and his engraved illustrations for the Iliad , the Odyssey , and works by Dante and Aeschylus

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The exhibition looks at work by John Flaxman, a York-born artist, on the 200th anniversary of his death, as well as the artists he inspired.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Research into recall bias suggests surveys and eyewitness accounts may suffer from gaps in people’s memories, and Flaxman explained that news coverage and social media reports can be colored by bias.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

Flaxman said that not only is this argument suggested by Alito “just wrong on the plain meaning of the statute, but it's incredibly dangerous.”

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

Robert Flaxman, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to conspiring with William “Rick” Singer in the college admissions scandal, died in Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

“We understand that Flaxman the sculptor is about to leave his modest mansion in Wardour Street for Rome.”

From The Boyhood of Great Inventors by A. Fraser Robertson

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