Thomas Dixon, Jr.
Novelist, Author
1864 – 1946
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Who was Thomas Dixon, Jr.?
Thomas Frederick Dixon, II. was a Southern Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation. He was a prominent supporter of the Republican Party and donor to Theodore Roosevelts campaign for Mayor of New York.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1864
Shelby - Also known as
- Thomas Dixon Jr.
- Thomas Dixon
- Tom Dixon
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Harriet Bussey
(1886/03/03 - 1937/12/29) - Madelyn Clare
( - 1946/04/03)
- Harriet Bussey
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- Wake Forest University
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Died
- Apr 3, 1946
Raleigh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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