Dixon Wecter (January 12, 1906 – June 24, 1950) was an American historian.
He was "the first professor of American History" at the University of Sydney, and the Margaret Byrne Professor of United States History at the University of California, Berkeley.
[2] Wecter joined the English faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1936, and he became a tenured associate professor in 1936.
[1] He was finally appointed as the Margaret Byrne Professor of United States History at the University of California, Berkeley in 1949-1950.
[1] Wecter was the author of three books, including one about Edmund Burke.