William Chatterton Dix (14 June 1837 – 9 September 1898) was an English writer of hymns and carols.

He was born in Bristol, the son of John Dix, a local surgeon, who wrote The Life of Chatterton the poet, a book of Pen Pictures of Popular English Preachers and other works.

[1] His father gave him his middle name in honour of Thomas Chatterton, a poet about whom he had written a biography.

[2] He was educated at the Grammar School, Bristol, for a mercantile career, and became manager of a maritime insurance company in Glasgow where he spent most of his life.

[3] His hymns and carols also include As with Gladness Men of Old, What Child Is This?, To You, O Lord, Our Hearts We Raise and Alleluia!