History of Port Byron, (Cayuga County) New York United States of America

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Charles Edward Dixon Biography

Charles Edward Dixon, educator, was born in Port Byron, N.Y., April 8, 1864; son of Edward J. and Eleanor Elizabeth (Southworth) Dixon. He was graduated at De Pauw university in 1888; was an instructor in Latin in the preparatory school of De Pauw university, 1886-91, and in the summers of 1890 and 1891 took charge of the Latin department in the Summer school at Bay View, Mich. In the fall of the latter year he accepted the chair of Latin in Olivet college, Mich., which he held till 1895.. He was fellow in the University of Chicago, 1895-98, but spent the first year of this period in study at the American school for classical studies in Rome, travelling also in Greece, and most of the year following in study at the libraries of France and Italy. He was married in 1892 to Alma Dahl.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor