Harry Dixon

Harry St. John Dixon Jr. (June 22, 1890 – September 4, 1967) was an American metalsmith, jewelry designer, sculptor, and educator in San Francisco and Santa Rosa, California. He is known for his work in copper, and his modernist jewelry.

Early life, family, and education Harry St. John Dixon Jr. was born on June 22, 1890, on a ranch near Fresno, California. His family was of aristocratic Virginia Confederates that had found a new home in California after the American Civil War.

In 1916, Dixon married Margery Wheelock, and they had two children. The Wheelock marriage ended in divorce. He remarried in 1953 to Florence Marguerite Fullmer, who worked in jewelry and metal crafts after their marriage.

Career For six years he worked at Lillian McNeill Palmer's Palmer Copper Shop in San Francisco, making custom wrought iron light fixtures.

During World War I, Dixon joined the National Guard with the coastal artillery.

Dixon died on September 4, 1967, at his home in Santa Rosa.