Proof for solution of recurrence relation

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I am studying the recurrence relation

$x(n) = \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} x(i) x(n-i), \hspace{20px} x(1) = 1$

and have found without proof the explicit solution

$x(n) = \frac{(2n-2)!}{n!(n-1)!}, \hspace{20px} n \in \mathbb{N}$

Do you have a clever way to verify that this is indeed a solution? I can not find a way to erase the sum when inserting the expression in the relation.