Educated at St Thomas's Hospital where he was elected Assistant Surgeon on January 1st 1847, retiring without becoming surgeon on December 17th 1851. He was also for many years Consulting Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. His private practice as an ophthalmic surgeon was very large and was carried on first in Broad Street Buildings, then in Green Street, and finally in Portman Square. Dixon was one of the most accomplished and respected surgeons of his day. He was the contemporary of Sir William Bowman (qv) and W White Cooper (qv). His distinguished manners and courteous personal bearing belonged to the best school of an earlier professional generation. In 1870, in consequence of the illness and death of his wife, he retired from practice and went to live at Harrow Lands, Dorking. Here he devoted a great part of his leisure to the study of English and of English literature, and became an authority on the eighteenth and early nineteenth century periods, and more especially on Serjeant-Surgeon Richard Wiseman. His death occurred at Harrow Lands on January 3rd, 1896. Publications: *A Guide to the Practical Study of Diseases of the Eye: with an Outline of their Medical and Operative Treatment*, 8vo, London, 1855; 3rd ed., 1866. *Diseases of the Eye*: a treatise contributed to the 2nd edition of Holmes's *System of Surgery*, 8vo, 3 plates, London, 1870; 3rd ed., 1883, vol. ii, edited by J W Hulke. "Account of a Case in which a Large Cyst containing Hydatids was developed at the Root of the Neck, Death ensuing from Rupture of the Left Subclavian Artery." - 8vo, London, 1851: reprinted from *Trans. Med.-Chir. Soc.*, 1851, xxxiv, 315. Dixon's important contribution to the life-history of Serjeant-Surgeon Wiseman is published in *Med. Times and Gaz.*, 1872, Oct. 19, 441.