Alexander Dickson
Military Person
1777 – 1840
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Who was Alexander Dickson?
Major-General Sir Alexander Dickson GCB KCH was a British Army officer who served in the artillery. He fought at many battles during the Napoleonic Wars. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington had the highest opinion of his abilities and made him the effective commander of his army's artillery during the latter part of the Peninsular War.
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- Born
- 1777
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Died
- 1840
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on July 23, 2013
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