Paul Nixon (1882-1956) was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and died in Brunswick, Maine. He was the oldest son of William G. Nixon and Helen A. Nixon (b. Andrews), who were both Mary Baker Eddy's students and important early workers in Christian Science. In 1904 Nixon graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and was the first student from Connecticut to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England, where he studied for three years. He then taught for one year each at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dartmouth College in New Hampshire before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College in Maine in 1909. He taught classics, history, and Latin, and also served as dean from 1918 until 1947. He retired from the faculty in 1952.
In 1907 Nixon married Dorothea M. Nixon (b. Thompson) in Quincy, Massachusetts. She died in 1917, and in 1919 he married Mathilde C. Nixon (b. Spengler) in Rockford, Illinois. During World War I Nixon served as a first lieutenant with the 3rd Maine Infantry and later as a second lieutenant with the U. S. Infantry. He was a member of many academic associations, fraternities, and clubs, and was awarded several honorary degrees and other distinctions over the course of his career. Nixon met Eddy for the first time in the fall of 1888 during a visit with his parents to her home on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. In February 1889, at age six, Nixon attended Eddy's Primary class at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College along with his parents. According to another student in that class, the young Nixon attended every day and was notably well behaved.
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Paul Nixon (1882-1956) was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and died in Brunswick, Maine. He was the oldest son of William G. Nixon and Helen A. Nixon (b. Andrews), who were both Mary Baker Eddy's students and important early workers in Christian Science. In 1904 Nixon graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and was the first student from Connecticut to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England, where he studied for three years. He then taught for one year each at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dartmouth College in New Hampshire before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College in Maine in 1909. He taught classics, history, and Latin, and also served as dean from 1918 until 1947. He retired from the faculty in 1952.
In 1907 Nixon married Dorothea M. Nixon (b. Thompson) in Quincy, Massachusetts. She died in 1917, and in 1919 he married Mathilde C. Nixon (b. Spengler) in Rockford, Illinois. During World War I Nixon served as a first lieutenant with the 3rd Maine Infantry and later as a second lieutenant with the U. S. Infantry. He was a member of many academic associations, fraternities, and clubs, and was awarded several honorary degrees and other distinctions over the course of his career. Nixon met Eddy for the first time in the fall of 1888 during a visit with his parents to her home on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. In February 1889, at age six, Nixon attended Eddy's Primary class at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College along with his parents. According to another student in that class, the young Nixon attended every day and was notably well behaved.
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