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'''Frederick Augustus Dixey''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Poulton | first1 = E. B. | title = Frederick Augustus Dixey. 1855-1935 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 1 | issue = 4 | pages = 465 | year = 1935 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> (9 December 1855 – 16 January 1935) was [[President]] of the [[Royal Entomological Society of London]], and was a distinguished British [[entomologist]].<ref>{{Cite journal
'''Frederick Augustus Dixey''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Poulton | first1 = E. B. | title = Frederick Augustus Dixey. 1855-1935 | url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 1 | issue = 4 | pages = 465–474 | year = 1935 | doi-access = free }}</ref> (9 December 1855 – 16 January 1935) was president of the [[Royal Entomological Society of London]], and was a distinguished British [[entomologist]].<ref>{{Cite journal
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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 (college)|Fellow]] of [[Wadham College]]<ref name="papers">{{cite web| title=Collection Level Description: Dixey Family Papers | url=http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/dixey/dixey.html | publisher=[[Bodleian Library]] | location=[[University of Oxford|Oxford]] | accessdate=3 October 2012 }}</ref> and also the Sub-[[Warden (college)|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.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Dixey never practised medicine, but devoted himself to [[natural history]]. He was an expert on the White butterflies, [[Pieridae]].
Frederick Dixey was educated at [[Highgate School]] from 1867 to 1874, and was later a governor of the school from 1920 until his death.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ed. Boreham|first1=J.Y.|title=Highgate School Register 1838-1938|pages=xxi, 55|edition=4th}}</ref> He won a scholarship to [[Wadham College, Oxford]], where after starting in [[optometry]], the profession of his father and grandfather, he chose to read medicine. He became a [[Fellow (college)|fellow]] of [[Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham]]<ref name="papers">{{cite web| title=Collection Level Description: Dixey Family Papers | url=http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/dixey/dixey.html | publisher=[[Bodleian Library]] | location=[[University of Oxford|Oxford]] | access-date=3 October 2012 }}</ref> and also the sub-[[Warden (college)|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.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Dixey never practised medicine, but devoted himself to [[natural history]]. He was in March 1900 nominated to be a curator of the Hope collections at the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence|date=14 March 1900 |page=6 |issue=36089}}</ref> He was an expert on the "white" butterflies, [[Pieridae]].


Dixey was an early supporter of Darwinian evolution who defended [[natural selection]] against anti-Darwinians.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010|doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010|title = Frederick Augustus Dixey, 1855-1935|journal = Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society|year = 1935|volume = 1|issue = 4|pages = 465–474|doi-access = free}}</ref>
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Dixey was knocked down and killed by a bus in 1935 as he attempted to cross the road.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} It was due to his inability to judge distances accurately.


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Dixey was knocked down and killed by a motorist in 1935, as he attempted to cross the road.<ref name="frs"/>
Dixey's son, Harold Giles Dixey (1893–1974), assistant master at the [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]],<ref name="papers" /> was a writer.

In 1892 Frederick Dixey married Isabel Atkins (1863-1916).<ref>General Registrar's Office records, indexed by Freebmd</ref> Of their sons, Harold Giles Dixey (1893–1974) and Roger Nicholas Dixey (1895-1995 ), Harold, known as Giles, was an assistant master at the [[Dragon School]] in [[Oxford]],<ref name="papers" /> and a writer.<ref>''Soundings'' 1919, ''Cento Poetae''</ref>


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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 Highgate School from 1867 to 1874, and was later a governor of the school from 1920 until his death.[3] He won a scholarship to Wadham College, Oxford, where after starting in optometry, the profession of his father and grandfather, he chose to read medicine. He became a fellow of Wadham[4] 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.[citation needed] Dixey never practised medicine, but devoted himself to natural history. He was in March 1900 nominated to be a curator of the Hope collections at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.[5] He was an expert on the "white" butterflies, Pieridae.

Dixey was an early supporter of Darwinian evolution who defended natural selection against anti-Darwinians.[1][6]

Dixey was knocked down and killed by a motorist in 1935, as he attempted to cross the road.[1]

In 1892 Frederick Dixey married Isabel Atkins (1863-1916).[7] Of their sons, Harold Giles Dixey (1893–1974) and Roger Nicholas Dixey (1895-1995 ), Harold, known as Giles, was an assistant master at the Dragon School in Oxford,[4] and a writer.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Poulton, E. B. (1935). "Frederick Augustus Dixey. 1855-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 465–474. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010.
  2. ^ Dobson, J. (1951). "Frederick Augustus Dixey" (PDF). The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 33B (2): 275–277. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.33B2.275. PMID 14832332. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  3. ^ Ed. Boreham, J.Y. Highgate School Register 1838-1938 (4th ed.). pp. xxi, 55.
  4. ^ a b "Collection Level Description: Dixey Family Papers". Oxford: Bodleian Library. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  5. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36089. London. 14 March 1900. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Frederick Augustus Dixey, 1855-1935". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (4): 465–474. 1935. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0010.
  7. ^ General Registrar's Office records, indexed by Freebmd
  8. ^ Soundings 1919, Cento Poetae


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