Sir Owen Dixon

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Melbourne
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkbp:birthDate 1886-04-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alison_Dixon
gptkb:Frank_Dixon
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Owen_Dixon_Chambers_(Melbourne)
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-07-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Melbourne
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:law
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Owen_Dixon
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Owen Dixon
gptkbp:influenced High Court of Australia jurisprudence
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Isaacs
gptkbp:knownFor judicial restraint
legal scholarship
service as Australian Ambassador to the United States
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableFor Dixonian legalism
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:National_Portrait_Gallery,_Australia
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chief_Justice_of_Australia
gptkb:Justice_of_the_High_Court_of_Australia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sir_John_Latham
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Melbourne_General_Cemetery
gptkbp:signature Owen Dixon signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alice_Brooksbank
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sir_Garfield_Barwick
gptkbp:termEnd Australian Ambassador to the United States, 1944
Chief Justice of Australia, 1964-04-13
Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1952-04-17
gptkbp:termStart Australian Ambassador to the United States, 1942
Chief Justice of Australia, 1952-04-18
Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1929-02-04
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:University_of_Melbourne_Law_School
gptkb:University_of_Oxford_Faculty_of_Law
gptkb:Australian_Communist_Party_v_Commonwealth
gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5