Norman F. Dixon

Norman Frank Dixon MBE, Fellow of the British Psychological Society (1922–2013) was a British psychologist most noted for his 1976 book On the Psychology of Military Incompetence.

Career During World War II, Dixon served as a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers in North West Europe and received the MBE. He taught psychology at University College London, where he became professor emeritus on his retirement.

Honours In 1974, Dixon was awarded the Carpenter Medal by the University of London for his doctoral thesis. The University of Lund awarded him an honorary doctorate. Dixon, Norman F. (1981). Preconscious processing. Chichester: Wiley Dixon, Norman F. (1987). Our Own Worst Enemy. Jonathan Cape.