Early Life
Dick is third and youngest child of Cecilia Dick (née Buxton), an Oxford historian and Marcus William Dick, Senior Tutor at Balliol College, Oxford and Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. She was born and raised in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School (Oxford), Oxford High School, and Balliol College, Oxford. Before joining the police, she worked in a large accountancy firm.
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