DIXON, GEORGE (c. 1755-1800), English navigator. He served under Capt. Cook in his third expedition, and after his return became a captain in the royal navy. In the autumn of 1785 he sailed in the "Queen Charlotte," in the service of the King George's Sound Company of London, to explore the shores of the present British Columbia, with the special object of de veloping the fur trade. His chief discoveries were those of Queen Charlotte's islands and sound (the latter only partial), Port Mul grave, Norfolk bay and Dixon's Entrance and archipelago. He disposed of his cargo in China and returned in 1788, and published A Voyage round the World, but more particularly to the North West Coast of America (1799), the bulk of which consists of descriptive letters by William Beresford, his supercargo. His own contribution to the work included valuable charts and appendices. He is usually identified with the author of The Navigator's As sistant (1791), who was teacher of navigation at Gosport. It is believed that he died c. 1800.