He was born around 1871 in England, the son of the Rev. James M. Dixon, a Unitarian minister in Hull. He was described as "a gentleman of independent means" having no need to work and having a considerable income from property and shares. This allowed him to spend his life in academic pursuits and writing.[1]
In 1912, he was living at 46 Marlborough Avenue in Hull.[2] In later life, his address is given as Wolfreton Hall in Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire.[3] He is listed as a district councillor in the nearby town of Woodmansey.
Despite what would now be seen as quite extreme views, he was well-respected in the 1920s and, in 1923, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John MacKintosh MacKay Munro, Andrew Thomson (1850-1930), Frank Watson Young and Basil Alexander Pilkington.[4]
He died on 17 July 1960.
