2 8 ▁– ▁ 3 0 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Irish ▁bio chem ist ▁and ▁Life ▁Fellow ▁of ▁King ' s ▁College ▁Cambridge . ▁Born ▁in ▁Dublin , ▁the ▁young est ▁son ▁of ▁Henry ▁Hor atio ▁D ixon , ▁he ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁science ▁from ▁a ▁young ▁age ; ▁his ▁discovery ▁of ▁an ▁optical ▁ill usion ▁ar ising ▁from ▁bin oc ular ▁vision ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁in ▁Nature ▁Magazine ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁nine ▁years ▁old . ▁ ▁After ▁education ▁at ▁Sh rew s bury ▁School ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁to ▁study ▁Natural ▁Sciences ▁at ▁King ' s ▁College ▁Cambridge ▁where ▁his ▁elder ▁brother ▁K end al ▁was ▁a ▁fellow , ▁ach ieving ▁first s ▁in ▁Part ▁I ▁and ▁Part ▁II ▁and ▁special ising ▁in ▁bio chem istry . ▁ ▁He ▁remained ▁at ▁King ' s ▁for ▁his ▁gradu ate ▁studies ▁on ▁pe pt ide ▁h orm ones , ▁super vised ▁by ▁Frank ▁Young , ▁and ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁a ▁Life ▁Fellow ship ▁at ▁King ' s , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁his ▁academic ▁career , ▁holding ▁the ▁positions ▁of ▁Fin an cial ▁T utor ▁( 1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 9 ), ▁Director ▁of ▁Studies ▁in ▁Natural ▁Sciences ▁( 1 9 6 1 – 1 9 8 1 ),