Michael Dixon was born in Esher on 14 August 1922. During the second world war he studied medicine at London University and trained at St Mary’s Hospital, passing his MB,BS in 1944. He did house jobs at St Mary’s and at the Central Middlesex Hospital before becoming surgeon in charge of the Varicose Vein Clinic at Thames Ditton Hospital. After passing the fellowship of the college in 1951, his interest moved to general practice and he qualified MRCGP in 1954 and FRCGP in 1978. He worked as a general practitioner in Esher for over 50 years, even continuing part time private practice after his official retirement, and made a huge contribution to the local community. In 1968 he and his wife founded the Cranstoun Therapeutic Community, a charity providing residential and community care for a wide range of problems such as drug and alcohol abuse. The Home Office began to support the organisation in 1973 and it has inspired 16 similar centres supported by around 32 local authorities. Michael was appointed chair of the Surrey Drugs Resource Scheme. In 1948 he married Anne, who was four years younger than him having been born on 4 February 1926. She was a nurse who eventually became a physiotherapist and then qualified as a probation officer. Anne died on 26 July 2016 and Michael died the following year, survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.