M.A. and M.D. Dublin, 1843; F.L.S.; F.R.S. Lecturer on Physic and Botany, Liverpool School of Medicine, 1839. 'Flora of Liverpool,' 1851; Supplement, 1855. Pritz. 82 Jacks. 255; R. S. C. ii. 285; Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 36.
Dickinson, William (1799?-1882): d. Thorncroft, near Workington, Cumberland, 1882. F.L.S., 1855. Land-surveyor Compiled 'Cumberland Glossary.' Baker, Flora of Lake District, p. 12; R. S. C. ii. 285.
Dickson, Alexander (1836-87): b. Edinburgh, 21 Feb., 1836 d. Hartree, Peebles, 30 Dec, 1887. M.D. Edin., 1860; M.D. Dublin.; LL.D. Glasgow. Pupil of J. H. Balfour. Deputy Prof. Bot., Aberdeen, 1862. Prof. Trin. Coll. Dublin, 1866; Glasgow, 1868; Edinburgh, and Regius Keeper, Bot. Gard., 1879. Pritz. 82; Jacks. 91; R. S. C. ii. 285; vii. 532; ix. 697; Journ. Bot. 1888, 63; 'Nature,' Jan. 5, 1888; Ann. Bot. 1888, 306 (bibliog.); Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xvii. 508; Gard. Chron. 1888, iii. 24; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-8, 88; Scott. Nat. 1888, 242; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 41.
Dickson, Edward Dalzel (fl. 1840). M.D. Settled at Constantinople. Collected oaks in Kurdistan. Bot. Reg. 1841, p. 24.
Dickson, James (1738-1822): b, Traquhair, Peebles, 1738; d. Broad Green, Croydon, 14 Aug., 1822. Cryptogamist and nurseryman. Orig. F.L.S., 1788. R. H. S. (1804). Published fascicles of British cryptogams (1785-1801) and flowering plants (1793-1802). Pritz. 82; R. S. C. ii. 285; Life of M. Park, 'Journal,' 1815, vi.; Trans. Hort. Soc. v., appendix 1; Smith Lett. ii. 234; Felton, 186; Gent. Mag. 92, 376; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 44. Portr. in oil in Lindley Library, and one in possession of family; one at Kew. Dicksonia L'Heritier.
Dickson, Joseph (d. 1874): d. Berwick-on-Tweed, 4 Mar., 1874. M.D. Edin., 1842. Lived long in Jersey. R. S. C. ii. 286.
Dickson, R. W.' (pseud. Alexander M'Donald) (fl. 1806). M.D.? Of Hendon, Middlesex. 'Complete Dict, of Practical Gardening,' 1807. Johnson, 282.
Dickson, Robert (1804-75): b. Dumfries, 1804; d. 13 Oct., 1875. M.D. Edin., 1826; F.L.S., 1831. Practised in London. Bot. Lect. St. George's Hospital. 'Lecture on Dry Rot,' 1838. Contributed to Maund and Holl's 'Naturalist,' i. (1837), 146, 197. Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 44.
Digby, Sir Kenelm (1603-65): b. 11 June or 11 July, 1603; d. London, 11 June, 1665; bur. Christ Church, Newgate. Knighted, 1623. F.R.S. Lectured at Gresham Coll. on vegetation, 1661. Discovered plant's need of oxygen. 'Memoirs,' 1827; Ath. Oxon. iii. 688; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 60. Portrs. by Vandyck in National Portr. Gallery and Oxford University Gallery, and at Knole.
Dillenius, John James (1687-1747): b. Darmstadt, 1687; d. Oxford, 2 April, 1747; bur. St. Peter's-in-the-east, Oxford. M.D, Giessen; M.D. Oxon, 1735. Came to England, 1721. Edited Rys 'Synopsis,' 1724. 'Hortus Elthamensis,' 1732.
