DIXON, ThomaM, novelist, playwright; b. 

 Shelby. N.C.. Jan. 11, 1864; 0. Bov. Thomas and 

 Amanda Elizabeth (McAfee) D.: brother of 

 Am/1 Clarence D. (q.v.)- A.M., Wake Forest 

 rc.il., N.c., 1882; LL.H.. Greensboro (N.C.) Law 

 8ch., 1886; admitted to bar all courts. N.C. and 

 U.S. IMst. and Supreme cts.. 1886; scholarship, 

 history and politics, Johns Hopkins, 1883-4; m. 

 Harriet Hussey, of Columbus, Ga., Mar. 3, 

 1S86. Mom. N.C. legislature, 1885-6; resigned 

 to enter Hunt, ministry, Oct.. 1886; pastor Ral- 

 eigh. N.C., 1887, Boston, 18S8-9,.New York, 1889- 

 99; popular lyceum lecturer, 1889-1903. Demo- 

 rat. Cluba: Players. Lambs, Friars. Author: 

 Leopard's Spots, 1902; The One Woman, 1903; 

 The Clansman, 1905; The Life Worth Living 

 l!06: The Traitor. 1907; Comrades, 1909; The 

 Root of Erll, 1911; The Sins of the Father, 

 1912; The Southerner, 1913; The Victim. 1914; 

 Foolish Virgin, 1915; The Birth of a Nation 

 (photoplay). 1915; Fall of a Nation, 1916; The 

 Way of a Man, 1918; A Man of the People, 1920; 

 The Man in Gray, 1921. Home: 867 Riverside 

 Drive, New York; (ic inter) Munden. Va. 



