About Richard N. Dixon
Lived 1930 – 2021 (aged 90). Richard N. Dixon was a British chemist.
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, 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).
After obtaining his PhD, Dixon spent three years working as a postdoctoral researcher in Canada before becoming a lecturer at the University of Sheffield from 1960 to 1969.
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 and awarded the Rumford Medal in 2004.
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British chemist
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Richard N. Dixon was born on 25 December 1930 in Borough Green.
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Richard N. Dixon died on 25 May 2021.
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Richard N. Dixon was a chemist.
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