Born in Albany, New York, Charles Dix became a noted fine art painter of landscape and marine scenes. He was the son of John Adams Dix (1798-1879), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War and Governor of New York in 1873 and 1874. Fort Dix is named for him.
Charles Dix studied for one year at Union College in Schenectady, New York, but reportedly his art talent was so apparent that the college president advised him to give up formal education and focus on being a p (showing 500 of 2226 characters). |
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