Richard Dixon (chemist) explained

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] He married Alison Birks in 1954.[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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bristol University - News from the University. Bristol University. 2009-01-25.
  2. ‘DIXON, Prof. Richard Newland’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&dq=richrd+newland+dixon&pg=PA436 Google Books International Who's Who
  4. 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 . 10.1098/rsbm.2022.0005 . 249204363 . 1983/22adb274-51f0-4196-b922-e4481ec7114e . free .

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