Dixon Ryan Fox

Dixon Ryan Fox
Fox, c. 1932
Born(1887-12-07)December 7, 1887
Potsdam, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 1945(1945-01-30) (aged 57)
Schenectady, New York, U.S.[1]
Burial placeSleepy Hollow Cemetery, New York, U.S.[2]
Education
Occupation(s)Educator, Researcher, College President
Spouse
Marian Stickney Osgood
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(m. 1915)​
[3]
Children2 sons

Dixon Ryan Fox (December 7, 1887 – January 30, 1945)[4] was an American educator, researcher, and president of Union College, New York from 1934 until his death in 1945.

Fox graduated from Columbia College in 1911.[5][6]

He took his Ph.D 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 they relate to immigration, ethnic conflict and national identity.[5]

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 co-editor of the series A History of American Life.[7]

Dixon was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1935.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Dr. Dixon Fox Dies; College President; Head of Union at Schenectady Since 1934--Ex-Professor of History at Columbia A Teacher at 19 Heathcote's Biographer". The New York Times. January 31, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Harold Fox: Obituary". The Oklahoman. July 15, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Dixon Ryan Fox". The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association. 11 (1): 29–30. January 1930. JSTOR 43566241.
  4. ^ C. K. S. (April 1945). "Obituaries: Dixon Ryan Fox". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 55 (1): 33–35. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Dixon Ryan Fox". Union College. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. New York: Columbia College. 1916. p. 229.
  7. ^ The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.). Columbia University Press. 2000. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved June 6, 2023.

Further reading

  • Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. (1998). "Dixon Ryan Fox". New York History. 79 (1): 57–60. JSTOR 23182290.