Flux was born in the
Landport district of
Portsmouth in 1867, the son of a cement maker. (sharing the honour in a tie with three others). While at Cambridge he became friends with
Alfred Marshall, who interested him in economics. He was a foundation member of the Economic Society (1890). In 1893 he was appointed as Cobden Lecturer in Political Economy at
Owens College, Manchester and from then until 1908 taught economics, at Manchester and then at
McGill University, Montreal. In 1897, while in Manchester he married Harriet Emily Hansen, a Danish woman. The
Royal Statistical Society awarded him the
Guy Medal in Silver in 1921 and in Gold in 1930. He also served as President of the Society between 1928 and 1930. Flux retired to Denmark in 1932 and was
knighted in 1934. He died of pneumonia in 1942, aged 75. ==Further reading==