Richard Dixon (scientist)
Richard Newland Dixon FRS is 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 and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He married Alison Birks in 1954.
He currently works as a senior research fellow at the University of Bristol, and was awarded the Rumford Medal in 2004.
