Frederick Augustus Dixey
Frederick Augustus Dixey FRS[1] (9 December 1855 – 16 January 1935) was President of the Royal Entomological Society of London, and was a distinguished British entomologist.[2]
Frederick Dixey was educated at Oxford University after starting in optometry, the profession of his father and grandfather, and chose to read medicine. He was Fellow of Wadham College[3] and also the Sub-Warden. He felt drawn to the Church of St Barnabas, Oxford, known for its Anglo-Catholic tradition and ceremonies; he sang in the choir for nearly forty years. Dixey never practised medicine, but devoted himself to natural history. He was an expert on the White butterflies, Pieridae.
Dixey was knocked down and killed by a bus in 1935 as he attempted to cross the road. It was due to his inability to judge distances accurately.
Dixey's son, Harold Giles Dixey (1893–1974), assistant master at the Dragon School in Oxford,[3] was a writer.
References
- ↑ Poulton, E. B. (1935). "Frederick Augustus Dixey. 1855-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1 (4): 465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010.
- ↑ Dobson, J. (1951). "Frederick Augustus Dixey" (PDF). The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 33B (2): 275–277. PMID 14832332.
- 1 2 "Collection Level Description: Dixey Family Papers". Oxford: Bodleian Library. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
External links
- Works by or about Frederick Augustus Dixey in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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