Edwin Asa Dix, the pen name of Edwin Augustus Dix (June 25, 1860- August 24, 1911), was an American author.
Dix was born in Newark, New Jersey, to John Edwin and Mary Joy Dix. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. He attended the Newark Latin School, then Princeton University from which he graduated in 1881 as Latin Salutatorian, and first in his class with highest grade point average awarded to that date (98. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. 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 Columbia Law School with highest honors, and subsequently admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey. Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League.
Dix toured the world from 1890-92. On August 15, 1895, he married Marion Alden Olcott at Cherry Valley, New York. Cherry Valley New York is the name of two locations in Otsego County New York Cherry Valley (village New York Cherry Valley (town New They had no children, and spent much of their married life abroad, wintering in Egypt, Switzerland, and Colorado. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. He died suddenly in New York City of myocarditis. The City of New York In Medicine ( Cardiology) myocarditis is Inflammation of the Myocardium, the muscular part of the Heart.
Dix was an active author of fiction and travel articles in various magazines, as well as travel books, novels, and a history of Samuel de Champlain. Samuel de Champlain (c 1575 - 25 December 1635) "The Father of New France " was a French navigator geographer cartographer He also served as Literary Editor of The Churchman. In addition, he composed "Musical Critic's Dream" which was played extensively by John Philip Sousa's band. John Philip Sousa ( November 6, 1854 &ndash March 6, 1932) was an American Composer and conductor of the late
Selected works
- Works by Edwin Asa Dix at Project Gutenberg
- A midsummer drive through the Pyrenees, New York London, G. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works 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
- Library of Congress
- 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.
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