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Don Dixon (other)
Don Dixon may refer to: * Don Dixon (artist) (born 1951), space artist, painter and illustrator * Don Dixon (musician) (born 1950), record producer, songwriter, musician, bassist *Don Dixon (footballer) (born 1937), former Australian rules footballer *Don Dixon, Baron Dixon Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (6 March 1929 – 19 February 2017) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. Early life Dixon worked in the Tyne shipyards and was a wor ... (1929–2017), Labour MP for Jarrow 1979–1997 See also * Donald Dickson Farmer (1877–1956), Scottish recipient of the VC {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dixon (artist)
Don Dixon (born 1951) is an American astronomical artist practicing space art in the tradition of Chesley Bonestell. Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Dixon has created cover art for'' Scientific American'','' Sky and Telescope'','' Omni'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'','' Astronomy Magazine'', and many other publications. Dixon's paintings have been used to illustrate the covers of several science fiction books, such as the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson and the Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. He directed and co-wrote the immersive animated film Centered in the Universe, which premiered in 2006 at the Samuel Oschin Planetarium at Griffith Observatory, where he served as Art Director from 1991-2021. He is a founding member of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA) and was elected a Fellow of that organization in 2000. See also *List of space artists References *"NASA Does it Better:Space Artists Face Reality" by Jia-Rui Chong, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dixon (musician)
Don Dixon (born December 13, 1950) is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s, including working with R.E.M. and The Smithereens. Early life Dixon was born in Lancaster, South Carolina. He says he learned to play the bass guitar in junior high school "because of the control that it offered". He said, "I bought a bass, one of those great Danelectro Silvertones, and I wish I had it back. From Sears for $79. Then a few months later I really liked upright, so I found an old upright in a church in Charlotte, and just was sort of self-taught on those things, but I could read music." At the age of fifteen, he made his first recording, playing upright bass with jazz musician Louis McGloughn in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also sang in church. Dixon attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his roommate was the writer Bruce Brooks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dixon (footballer)
Don Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Don 1937 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dixon, Baron Dixon
Donald Dixon, Baron Dixon, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (6 March 1929 – 19 February 2017) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. Early life Dixon worked in the Tyne shipyards and was a workers' representative before being elected. Political career Between 1963 and 1974 Dixon was leader of Jarrow Borough Council; after that council's abolition he spent five years as chairman of housing at South Tyneside Council, South Tyneside. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency), Jarrow from 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 until his retirement in 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997, serving as a whip (politics), party whip, and considered on the Old Right of the Party. He was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Dixon of Jarrow in the county of Tyne and Wear. He retired from the House of Lords on 9 Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
