Education
Born on Jersey in the Channel Islands, she attended London University where she graduated in biology in 1962. From 1964 to 1968, she studied entomology, ecology and animal behaviour at Harvard University under East. O. Wilson.
Born on Jersey in the Channel Islands, she attended London University where she graduated in biology in 1962. From 1964 to 1968, she studied entomology, ecology and animal behaviour at Harvard University under East. O. Wilson.
In 1972, she founded the Center for Environmental Studies and Biodiversity (Centro de Estudios Amientales y de Bioversidad) at the de Guatemala. She received her masters in zoology from Mount Holyoke College, Massachchusetts, in 1964. While studying at Harvard, she was required to spend two years abroad.
In 1977, she was appointed director of the department, a post she maintained until 2002.
She is still associated with biological and environmental research at the university and continues to be active in the field Dix is a recognized taxonomist, especially in the area of Guatemalan orchids.
Her Orchids of Guatemala: A revised annotated checklist (2000) based on extensive field collections covers 734 taxa, including 207 new records. Dix, R. Wer, Dix, 17 West. 26.
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