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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[DIXON 
Dillwyn (Lewis Weston), 1778-1855 
Dillwyn, who was born at Ipswich, August 21, 1778, was 
a china manufacturer, originally of Walthamstow, and from 
1803 onwards at Swansea, his private residence in later life 
being at Sketty Hall, Swansea. He was a Fellow of the 
Linnean Society, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1804. 
He was M.P. for Glamorgan from 1832 to 1841, and was 
Mayor of Swansea and President of the Royal Institution 
of South Wales. He wrote British Confervae (1802-7), and 
collaborated with Dawson Turner in the Botanist's Guide 
(1805), while Yarrell acknowledged his indebtedness to him 
for many ornithological notes. In his Contributions towards 
a History of Swansea , it is stated that “ 300 copies of this 
work, which has been rather hastily compiled for the purpose, 
are presented to the managers of a Baza(a)r for the Benefit of 
the Swansea Infirmary.” Both this work and his better- 
known Materials for a Fauna and Flora were privately 
printed for the author. 
1840. Contributions | towards | a History of Swansea. | by Lewis W. 
Dillwyn, F.R.S. &c. | [etc. 2 lines] | [cut] | Swansea : | printed 
by Murray and Rees | mdcccxl. (Privately printed.) 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. iv un. + pp. 72, with col. front. 
Zoological Memoranda at pp. 58-62. 
1848. Materials | for a | Fauna and Flora | of | Swansea | and the Neigh- 
bourhood. | By L. W. Dillwyn, F.R.S. &c. [etc. 3 lines] | Not 
Published. | Swansea : | Printed at the Cambrian-Office, Wind- 
Street. | By David Rees. | 1848. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. 48. 
Contains at pp. 3-10 “ A List of the Rarer Birds which have 
been found in this neighbourhood, with Notes on some of the 
more common species.” 
Dixon (Charles), nat. 1858 
Mr. Dixon was born in London, July 20, 1858, being 
the son of a landscape painter and engraver. He was 
for some years employed in travelling in search of ornitho- 
logical information and specimens by the late Henry Seebohm 
when preparing his History of British Birds. He was after- 
wards in business at Torquay, but now resides in London. 
