Background
Wecter, Dixon was born on January 12, 1906 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of John Joseph and Eugenia (Dixon) Wecter.
writer professor American history
Wecter, Dixon was born on January 12, 1906 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of John Joseph and Eugenia (Dixon) Wecter.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1925, Little Doctorate., 1945. Master of Arts, Yale, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936. Bachelor of Letters, Merton College (Rhodes scholar), Oxford, England, 1930.
Doctor of Laws, Rockford College, 1950.
Instructor English, U. Denver, 1933-1934. Assistant Professor of English, U. Colorado, 1934-1936, associate professor, 1936-1939. Professor of University California at Los Angeles, 1939-1949.
Margaret Byrne professor of University California at Berkeley, 1949.-—.
Visiting professor American history, U. Sydney, 1945, as first professor of subject in Australia. Walgreen Foundation lecturer, University of Chicago, 1946.
Harris Foundation lecturer, 1947. Research fellow, Henry East. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1939-1940, associate in research, 1943-1949, chairman permanent research staff, 1946-1949.
John Simon mon Guggenheim Memorial fellow, 1942-1943.
Literary editor Mark Twain estate, since 1946. Associate editor Literary History of the United States, 1948.
Fellow Society American Historian. Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American History Association, American Antiquarian Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Clubs: Cactus (Denver).
Married Elizabeth Farrar, December 28, 1937.