Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

Writing

Birthday	Jan 11, 1864 (82 years old)
Deathday	Apr 3, 1946
Place of birth	Shelby, North Carolina, USA
Gender	Not specified

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915). Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Dixon, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.