Frederick Dixon (1859-1923) was born in London, England, and died in New York, New York. By 1891 he was working as a clerk in London. He became interested in Christian Science in about 1897 and became a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England. In 1900 he married fellow Christian Scientist Clementina B. Dixon (b. Milward) in London. She had joined The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (also known as The Mother Church), on November 1, 1898, and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1899 until 1922. Dixon himself joined The Mother Church on June 2, 1900, and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1902 until 1922.
In 1907 Dixon was appointed the first Committee on Publication in London. Mary Baker Eddy was impressed with the several articles he published in the Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel as well as his skill at answering critics of Christian Science in the British press. Accordingly, a week after the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor was published in November 1908, Eddy called Dixon from London to Boston to join the Monitor's staff as associate editor, a position he held until April 1909. He then returned to London and established the European Bureau of the Monitor and also became the District Manager for the Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland. Both Dixon and his wife took the Normal class from Bicknell Young under the auspices of the Board of Education in December 1910. In 1914 he returned to Boston and became the editor-in-chief of the Monitor. He resigned in January 1922 at the conclusion of a long litigation between the trustees of the Christian Science Publishing Society and the Christian Science Board of Directors that was decided against the trustees. Thereafter Dixon moved to New York where, along with several other former Monitor staff members, he founded and then became the editor of the International Interpreter.
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Frederick Dixon (1859-1923) was born in London, England, and died in New York, New York. By 1891 he was working as a clerk in London. He became interested in Christian Science in about 1897 and became a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England. In 1900 he married fellow Christian Scientist Clementina B. Dixon (b. Milward) in London. She had joined The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (also known as The Mother Church), on November 1, 1898, and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1899 until 1922. Dixon himself joined The Mother Church on June 2, 1900, and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1902 until 1922.
In 1907 Dixon was appointed the first Committee on Publication in London. Mary Baker Eddy was impressed with the several articles he published in the Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel as well as his skill at answering critics of Christian Science in the British press. Accordingly, a week after the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor was published in November 1908, Eddy called Dixon from London to Boston to join the Monitor's staff as associate editor, a position he held until April 1909. He then returned to London and established the European Bureau of the Monitor and also became the District Manager for the Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland. Both Dixon and his wife took the Normal class from Bicknell Young under the auspices of the Board of Education in December 1910. In 1914 he returned to Boston and became the editor-in-chief of the Monitor. He resigned in January 1922 at the conclusion of a long litigation between the trustees of the Christian Science Publishing Society and the Christian Science Board of Directors that was decided against the trustees. Thereafter Dixon moved to New York where, along with several other former Monitor staff members, he founded and then became the editor of the International Interpreter.
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