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The two sources that I cited have different dates for several different events in Dickson's life, including when he retired and was recalled, as well as when he held the positions of his later career, among other discrepancies. I tried to only include what the sources agreed on to the fullest extent I could, but I'm still noting this here as a heads-up. -- 1990'sguy ( talk) 19:34, 12 June 2018 (UTC) reply