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Dixon Ryan Fox | |
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| Born | 1887 Potsdam, New York |
| Died | 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Educator, Researcher, College President |
Dixon Ryan Fox (1887 in Potsdam, New York – 1945) was an American educator, researcher, and president of Union College from 1934-45.
Fox graduated from Columbia College in 1911.[1][2]
He took his PhD in history at Columbia University where he was influenced by James Harvey Robinson, Charles A. Beard and Herbert L. Osgood. He married Osgood's daughter and taught at Columbia from 1912 to the mid-1930s.
His academic work focused on social history and American social, political and economic elite and power structures, especially as it relates to immigration, ethnic conflict and national identity.[1]
Fox's publications have been reprinted due to their prescient nature, including The Decline of Aristocracy in the Politics of New York (1919, repr. 1971); a biography of Herbert L. Osgood (his father-in-law); and Yankees and Yorkers (1940, 1989). With Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., he was editor of the “A History of American Life” series. The Completion of Independence, 1790–1830, (1944, repr. 1971, 1996).[3]
Notes
- ^ a b "Dixon Ryan Fox". Union College. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. New York: Columbia College. 1916. p. 229.
- ^ Dixon Ryan Fox - FREE Dixon Ryan Fox Biography | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information! at www.encyclopedia.com
Further reading
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (1998). "Dixon Ryan Fox". New York History. 79 (1): 57–60. JSTOR 23182290.