Dixon, Jr., Thomas. Lecturer and author. Born in Shelby, North Carolina, January 11, 1864. Graduate of Wake Forest College, NC, 1883; A.M., 1883. Graduate of Greensboro, NC, law school, 1886. Admitted to bar all courts, North Carolina and United States district and supreme courts, 1886. Scholarship history and politics, Johns Hopkins University 1883-84. Member North Carolina legislature, 1885-86; resigned to enter Baptist ministry, October 1886. Pastor, Raleigh, NC, 1887; Boston, 1888-89; New York, 1889-99. Popular lyceum lecturer, 1889-1903. Author: "The Leopard's Spots," "The One Woman," "The Clansman," "The Life Worth Living."

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