Robert Vickers Dixon


Robert Vickers Dixon, D.D. was an Irish academic and clergyman who served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin from 1848 to 1853, and much later as Archdeacon of Armagh from 1883 to 1885.

Career

Dixon was born in Dublin, son of Robert Dixon, and was educated at TCD, obtaining BA, MA, DD. He was elected a Fellow of TCD in 1838, and in 1849, he published the book Treatise on Heat, Part 1: The Thermometer; Dilation; Change of State; And Laws of Vapours. In 1853 he left TCD, publishing "Scientific Training for Practical Pursuits: A Farewell Address to the Students of the School of Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin".
Having been ordained in 1839, in 1853 he became to Rector of Clogherny. Thirty years later he was appointed Archdeacon of Armagh, two years before his death.
His nephew was a distinguished physician.