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Maxwell is a Scottish surname, a habitational name derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell , meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[a] ).
The Bible Story is a ten-volume series of hardcover children's story books written by Arthur S. Maxwell [1] based on the King James and Revised Standard versions of the Christian Bible. The books, published from 1953 to 1957, retell most of the narratives of the Bible in 411 stories. [ 2 ]
Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters.He became most famous for Ring of Bright Water (1960) and its sequels, which described his experiences raising Iraqi and West African otters on the west coast of Scotland.
Clan Maxwell is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. [2] However, as the clan does not currently have a chief, it is considered an armigerous clan .
Maxwell International Bahá'í School, formerly in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada William H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School , in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Maxwell's , a bar/restaurant and music club in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Ring of Bright Water is a book by Gavin Maxwell about his life in a remote house in coastal Scotland where he kept several wild otters as pets. [1] [2] First published in 1960, it became a best seller and is considered a literary masterpiece, [3] eventually selling over two million copies. [4]
Maxwell naturalised as a British subject on 19 June 1946 [11] and changed his name by deed of change of name on 30 June 1948. [ 12 ] In 1945, Maxwell married Elisabeth "Betty" Meynard , a French Protestant , and the couple had nine children over the next sixteen years: Michael, Philip, Ann, Christine , Isabel , Karine, Ian , Kevin and Ghislaine ...
The Monreith Cross from the Mochrum Justice Hill. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet, Bt, KT, PC, JP, DL, FRS, FSA Scot, FRGS (8 January 1845 – 30 October 1937) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, prominent salmon angler and author of books on angling and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906.