Edwin Asa Dix, the pen name of Edwin Augustus Dix (June 25, 1860 – August 24, 1911), was an American author.

Biography

Dix was born in

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from which he graduated in 1881 as Latin

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, and first in his class with highest grade point average awarded to that date (98.5%). While at Princeton he was managing editor of ''The Lit'' and was awarded the Boudinot Historical Fellowship and other prizes. In 1884 he graduated from

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with highest honors, and subsequently admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey. Dix toured the world from 1890-92. On August 15, 1895, he married Marion Alden Olcott at

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. They had no children, and spent much of their married life abroad, wintering in

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, and

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. He died suddenly in

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. Dix was an active author of fiction and travel articles in various magazines, as well as travel books, novels, and a history of

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. He also served as Literary Editor of ''The Churchman''. In addition, he composed "Musical Critic's Dream" which was played extensively by

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's band.

Selected works

* * ''A midsummer drive through the Pyrenees'', New York London, G.P.Putnam's sons 1890. * ''Deacon Bradbury: a novel'', New York, The Century Co., 1900. * ''Old Bowen’s legacy: a novel'', New York, The Century Co., 1901. * ''Champlain, the founder of New France'', New York, D. Appleton and company, 1903. * ''Prophet's Landing: a novel'', New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1907. * ''After twenty years'', Princeton University Class of 1881. New York, 1901. * ''After twenty-five years'', Princeton University Class of 1881. New York, 1906. * ''Bulletin of class news'', Princeton University Class of 1881. New York, 1908.

References

Dix Clemens Family Archive
* James Richard Joy, ''Thomas Joy and His Descendants in the Lines of His Sons Samuel of Boston, Joseph of Hingham, ...'', privately printed, 1900. Page 150.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dix, Edwin Asa American male writers 1860 births 1911 deaths