Dix, George Eglington Alston, son of the Rev. George Henry Dix, Principal of St. John's Coll., Battersea, by Mary Jane, daughter of James Eteson Walker, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 4, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left (with Triplett) July 1920; Merton Coll. Oxon., exhibitioner (history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; lecturer at Keble Coll. 1923 and 1924-26; professed as Dom Gregory Dix, O. S. B., 1926; Prior 1948; author of The Shape of the Liturgy (1944) and other works; d. May 12, 1952.

DIXON, HAROLD BAILY, brother of William Jerrold Dixon (qv); b. 11 Aug 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1873, 1st cl. Natural Science 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; played Association Football against Cambridge; Millard Lecturer, Trin. Coll. Oxford 1879-86, Bedford Lecturer, Balliol Coll. Oxford 1881-6; Fellow of Balliol Coll. 1886-7; Natural Science Examiner, Oxford 1886-8, 1899-1900; FRS 4 Jun 1886, Royal Medal 1913; Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s Coll., Manchester Univ., 1886-1922, Hon. Professor from 1922; member, Royal Commission on Explosions of Coal Dust in Mines 1891-4, Royal Commission on Coal Supplies 1902-5; President, Chemical Society 1909-11; member, Home Office Executive Committee on Explosions in Mines 1911-4; Deputy Inspector of High Explosives, Manchester area, during 1914-18 War; CBE 7 Jun 1918; Chairman, Selective Committee for NW District, Ministry of Labour 1922; Superintendent of Research on Ignition of Gases under Safety in Mines Research Board 1927; author, The Conditions of Chemical Change in Gases, 1884, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1885 Olive Beechey, dau. of Edward Martin Hopkins, Montreal, Canada; m. 2nd, 26 Aug 1918 Muriel Agnes Mary, dau. of William Kinch, Henley, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Sep 1930.

DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.

DOBSON, WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. William Dobson DD, President of Trinity Coll. Oxford, and Jane, sister of Samuel Bowdler (qv); b. 1 Nov 1681; adm.; KS 1697; left 1701; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1700/1, aged 16 (sic); BA 1704; MA 1707; ordained priest (Oxford) 18 Dec 1709; Vicar of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., from 31 Mar 1713; m. Anna Maria ---; d. 1717.

DOCKWRA, WILLIAM, son of William Dockwra, London; b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 - void 1735, presumably on death; BA 1704; MA 1707; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire; death noted by Thomas Hearne shortly before 28 May 1735. [Evidently William Dockwra, son of William Dockwra and Rebecca ---, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft, London 24 Mar 1680 (IGI)]

DOD, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

DOD, NATHANIEL, second son of Francis Dod, London, citizen and haberdasher, and Mary, dau. of George Dalton, London, goldsmith; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1582, matr. 1 Feb 1582/3, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1595; BA 1586; MA 1589; BD 14 Apr 1600; DD 17 Jul 1600; ordained; Rector of Llanwenarth, Monmouthshire, 1595; Prebendary of Chester 17 Jan 1595/6- Nov 1607; m. Anne Garnet.

DODD, JAMES WILLIAM, son of James William Dodd, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, actor, and Martha Dodd, actress; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1770; KS 1774; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, scholar 7 Apr 1780, matr. Mich. 1781; BA 1783; MA 1786; Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1784, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1785; Westminster School Usher 1784 – death 27 Aug 1818, when described as “Second Usher” ; House Usher to Mrs Clough (by 1796), Mrs.Glover and Mrs.Packharness (Dames, qvv), successive Dames of the Centre House on the Terrace, Dean’s Yard; Vicar of Swineshead, Lincs., 7 Apr 1800-11; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, 20 Apr 1811; author, Ballads of Archery, Sonnets etc., 1818; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 16 [check] May 1811 Ann Whitaker, St. Pancras, Middlesex; d. 27 Aug 1818, aged 58. Buried in the East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet in Dark Cloister.

DODD, THOMAS, b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1577, adm. scholar 1578, matr. Lent 1577/8; BA 1581/2; MA 1585; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 16 Dec 1586; Rector of Eastwell, Leics., from 21 Dec 1586; d. 1628.

DODDINGTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, but never adm.