Richard Dixon (scientist)
Richard Newland Dixon (born 25 December 1930) 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 (BSc, 1951) and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (PhD, 1955). 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.