Background
Chester, Frederick Dixon was born on October 8, 1861 in San Domingo, Hayti. Son of Edwin Smith and Elizabeth (Walthall) Chester.
Chester, Frederick Dixon was born on October 8, 1861 in San Domingo, Hayti. Son of Edwin Smith and Elizabeth (Walthall) Chester.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1882, Master of Science, 1885.
Professor geology and botany, Delaware College, 1882-1889. Mycologist and bacteriologist, Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, and bacteriologist, in charge of the State bacteriological and pathological laboratory, 1899-1906. In business since 1906.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Geological Society, Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, American Bacteriol.
Married Emma L. Sherwood, June, 1883.