Henry Horatio Dixon
Henry Horatio Dixon | |
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Born | 19 May 1869 cohesion-tension theory |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Trinity College Dublin |
Henry Horatio Dixon
He was born in Dublin, the youngest of the seven sons of George Dixon, a soap manufacturer and Rebecca (née Yeates) Dixon. He was educated at
In 1907 he married Dorothea Mary, daughter of Sir John H Franks, with whom he raised three sons. He was the father of
In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society,[1] his application citation describing him as
[Assistant to the] Professor of Botany in the University of Dublin. Has published various papers on Vegetable Histology, Cytology and Physiology. Joint author with J Joly, of papers, 'On the Ascent of Sap' (Phil Trans, vol 186, B, 1895); 'The Path of the Transpiration-Current' (Annals of Botany, vol ix, 1895); author also of the following papers: - 'Fertilization of 'Pinus silvestris' (ibid, vol viii, 1894); 'On the Vegetative Organs of 'Vanda teres' (Proc Roy Irish Acad, 3rd Ser, vol iii, 1894); 'On the Chromosomes of 'Lilium longiflorum' and 'On the Nuclei of the Endosperm of 'Fritillaria imperials' (ibid, 1896); 'On the Osmotic Pressure in the Cells of Leaves' (ibid, vol iv, 1897); 'On the Physics of the Transpiration-Current' (Notes from the Botanical School, Trinity College, Dublin, 1897); 'Transpiration into a Saturated Atmosphere' (Proc Roy Irish Acad, 3rd Ser, vol iv, 1898); 'On the First Mitosis of the Spore-mother-Cells of Lilium' (ibid, vol vi, 1899); 'The Possible Function of the Nucleolus in Heredity' (Annals of Botany, vol xiii, 1899); 'On the Structure of Coccospheres and the Origin of Coccoliths' (Proc Roy Soc, vol lxvi, 1900); 'On the Germination of Seeds after Exposure to High Temperature' (notes from Botanical School, Trinity College, Dublin, 1902); 'Cohesion Theory of the Ascent of Sap' (Proc Roy Dublin Soc, vol x, 1903); 'Observations on the Temperature of Subterranean Organs of Plants' (Trans Roy Irish Acad, vol xxxii, B, 1903), and other papers on histological and physiology subjects.
He delivered the society's
In 1916 he was awarded the
References
- ^ JSTOR 769200.
- PMID 16653610.
- PMID 16653610.
- ^ van Heyningen, Simon (1 August 2008). "Hal Dixon: Cambridge biochemist". The Independent. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Honorary Conferrings 2011". Press Releases. University College Cork. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 5 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Henry H. Dixon". Royal Dublin Society. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
External links
- Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin: