Ronald Audley Martineau Dixon
Ronald Audley Martineau Dixon of Thearne Hall (1871-1960) was a British natural historian, antiquarian and author on historic subjects. His views were extremely right-wing and would now been seen as lacking any sense of political correctness and he was extremely outspoken.
Life
[edit]He was born around 1871 in England, the son of the Rev. James M. Dixon, a Unitarian minister in Hull. He was described as "a gentleman of independent means" having no need to work and having a considerable income from property and shares. This allowed him to spend his life in academic pursuits and writing.[1]
In 1912, he was living at 46 Marlborough Avenue in Hull.[2] In later life, his address is given as Wolfreton Hall in Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire.[3] He is listed as a district councillor in the nearby town of Woodmansey.
Despite what would now be seen as quite extreme views, he was well-respected in the 1920s and, in 1923, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John MacKintosh MacKay Munro, Andrew Thomson (1850-1930), Frank Watson Young and Basil Alexander Pilkington.[4]
He died on 17 July 1960.
Publications
[edit]- Priestley's Daughter and Her Descendants (1931)
- Some Letters of the Rev Dr Joseph Priestley (1933)
- William Wilberforce: Being the History of the Pious Shrimp who set the Negro Race Free from Slavery (1933)
- Adult Education in East Yorkshire 1875-1960 (1960, published 1965)
References
[edit]- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , 1912
- ^ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , 1919
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
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