"1864-01-11Z"^^ . . . "Dixon, Thomas F., Jr."@en . "1864Z"^^ . "Dixon, Thomas, Jr."@en . . . . "Novelist, playwright, minister, lecturer" . . . . . . "1946Z"^^ . "Thomas Frederick Dixon, Jr."@en . . "Thomas Frederick Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 \u2013 April 3, 1946) was a Southern Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman \u2014 which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915). He was a prominent supporter of the Republican Party and donor to Theodore Roosevelt's campaign for Mayor of New York."@en . . "1946-04-03Z"^^ . "Thomas F. Dixon, Jr."@en .