Royal Dixon

Royal Dixon

Royal Dixon (18851962) was an American author, born at Huntsville, Texas, and educated at the Sam Houston Normal Institute and as a special student at the University of Chicago. After spending five years with the department of botany at the Field Museum of Chicago, he entered the literary field as a member of the Houston "Chronicle" staff. He made special contributions to the newspapers of New York, where he lectured for the Board of Education. His interest and attention were directed to immigration, as a director of publicity of the Commission of Immigrants in America, and as managing editor of "The Immigrants in America Review". His works include:
* "The Human Side of Plants" (1914)
* "Americanization" (1916)
* "The Human Side of Animals" (1918)
* "Hidden Children" (1922)

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