Richard Dixon | |
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| Born | (1930-12-15)15 December 1930 Borough Green, Kent, England |
| Died | 25 May 2021(2021-05-25) (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Richard Newland Dixon (25 December 1930—25 May 2021) FRS was a British chemist noted for his work in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter.[1]
He was born in Borough Green, Kent the son of Robert T and Lilian Dixon He was educated at The Judd School, King's College London (BSc, 1951) and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (PhD, 1955).[2]
After obtaining his PhD, Dixon spent three years working as a postdoctoral researcher in Canada before becoming a lecturer at the University of Sheffield from 1960 to 1969.[3]
From 1969, his career was based at the University of Bristol, starting as Chair of Theoretical Chemistry. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986[4] and awarded the Rumford Medal in 2004.[1]
Personal life
He married Alison Birks in 1954.[5]
References
- "Bristol University - News from the University". Bristol University. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ‘DIXON, Prof. Richard Newland’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- "Professor Richard Dixon FRS, 1930-2021". University of Bristol. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- Ashfold, M. N. R. (2022). "Richard Newland Dixon. 25 December 1930—25 May 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 73: 157–175. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0005. hdl:1983/22adb274-51f0-4196-b922-e4481ec7114e. S2CID 249204363.
- Google Books International Who's Who