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Frederick Whittaker Dixon (1854–1935) was an architect practicing in Oldham Greater Manchester. He worked for the partnership Potts Pickup & Dixon from 1880 to around 1890 when he set up his own practice. All three men were Methodists. He built 22 cotton mills in Oldham and more in Europe. The Oldham mills contained 1.8 million spindles making him responsible for about 30% of capacity increase at that time.