Dixon Wecter

Dixon Wecter (January 12, 1906 – June 24, 1950) was an American historian. He was "the first professor of American History" at the University of Sydney, and the Margaret Byrne Professor of United States History at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the author of more than three books.

Early life Wecter was born on January 12, 1906, in Houston, Texas, the son of Eugenia ( Dixon) and John Joseph Wecter. He graduated from Baylor University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1925. He earned a master's degree from Yale University in 1926, attended the University of Oxford's Merton College as a Rhodes Scholar between 1928 and 1930, and he earned a PhD from Yale University in 1936.

Personal life and death Wecter married Elizabeth Farrar in 1937.

Wecter died on June 23, 1950, in Sacramento, California.

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