Alexander Dimitry (February 7, 1805 – January 30, 1883) was an American author, diplomat, educator, journalist, lawyer, orator, and publicist.

Throughout his entire life, Alexander underwent constant persecution and was always reminded of his skin color and ethnic background.

[10] He was a prominent educator throughout his entire life, giving lectures on many subjects including The Wonders of Astronomy and The Harmonies of Creation.

He was one of vice-presidents during the Grand Unification Mass Meeting in 1873 to desegregate schools in Louisiana during the Jim Crow era.

His nephew Ernest Lagarde also followed in his footsteps speaking numerous languages and teaching at Mount St. Mary's University.

[16] On Dimitry's mother's side, his maternal grandfather Michel or Miguel Dragon was also a Greek immigrant to Louisiana and a veteran of the American Revolution, having served under Bernardo de Galvez.

His maternal grandmother Françoise Monplaisir was born to an enslaved mulatto woman in New Orleans and baptized in 1755.

[17] A portrait of Marianne Céleste Dragon is believed to have been painted by José Salazar, an itinerant Mexican painter who immigrated to New Orleans in the mid-1780s.

His brothers and sisters included: Euphrosine, Mannella Airnée, Constantine Andrea, John Baptiste Miguel Dracos, Clino Angelica, Marie Francesca Athenais, Nicholas Dimitry, Mathilde Elizabeth Theophainie, and Antonie Marie.

[18] By the age of ten, educated by private tutors, Dimitry was fluent in classical Greek and Latin.

[19] Around this time, Alexander educated prominent Creole American author, poet, and translator Mary Bushnell Williams.

Isaac Johnson Governor of Louisiana appointed Dimitry state superintendent of public education.

[1][19] In 1853, Dimitry's nephew George Pandely ran for a seat on the Board of Assistant Aldermen, a municipal body responsible for urban infrastructure in New Orleans including streets and sidewalks.

[24] President Buchanan appointed Dimitry as United States minister resident of Costa Rica and Nicaragua in 1859.

Dimitry was crucial because he spoke the native languages fluently he also made important speeches in Spanish at diplomatic functions.

He was very knowledgeable about the conditions of Central America and Dimitry was about to obtain a treaty with Nicaragua but because of the secession of South Carolina on December 20, 1860, the negotiation ended.

Secretary of State William H. Seward expressed President Abraham Lincoln's discontent with Dimitry's decision when he returned to Washington.

[27] During the American Civil War Alexander traveled to Richmond Virginia where he served as chief clerk to the Postmaster General.

On July 29, 1861, Dimitry asked P. G. T. Beauregard for the body of James Cameron, who was killed during the First Battle of Bull Run, so he could be buried.

Beauregard replied: "I listen to no appeal from a traitor to the land of his birth," as Dimitry had abandoned the Confederate cause.

[29] On September 4, 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued Alexander a Presidential pardon for his participation in the American Civil War.

In 1875, Alexander wrote an article for Le Meschacébé, a prominent Louisiana newspaper entitled The Creole Defined.

[38] She was also featured in the 2013 book Behind Closed Doors Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898 By Mia L. Bagneris, Michael A.