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. He was born in

Borough Green Borough Green is situated in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The central area is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks, with the M26 motorway running through the centre dividing Wrotham and Borough Green. ...

, Kent the son of Robert T and Lilian Dixon He was educated at

The Judd School The Judd School (often known simply as Judd) is a voluntary aided grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, where it remained for eight years before moving to its present ...

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

(BSc, 1951) and at

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Camb ...

(PhD, 1955). He married Alison Birks in 1954. From 1969, his career was based at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, starting as Chair of Theoretical Chemistry. He was elected Fellow of

the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

in 1986 and awarded the

Rumford Medal The Rumford Medal is an award bestowed by Britain's Royal Society every alternating year for "an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter made by a scientist working in Europe". First awar ...

in 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Richard 1930 births 2021 deaths People educated at The Judd School Alumni of King's College London Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of the University of Sheffield Academics of the University of Bristol British chemists