Henry Horatio Dixon

Henry Horatio Dixon
Born19 May 1869
Dublin, Ireland
Died20 December 1953(1953-12-20) (aged 84)
Dublin, Ireland
Known forcohesion-tension theory
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
InstitutionsTrinity College, Dublin

Henry Horatio Dixon FRS (19 May 1869, Dublin – 20 December 1953, Dublin) was a plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. Along with John Joly, he put forward the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants.

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