Charles Mason

For other people named Charles Mason, see Charles Mason (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Charles Manson.

Charles Mason
1910 artist's impression of Mason surveying the Mason–Dixon line
Born25 April 1728
Oakridge, Stroud
Died25 October 1786(1786-10-25) (aged 58)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Resting placeChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia
Known forMason–Dixon line
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, surveying
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Charles Mason (25 April 1728 – 25 October 1786) was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for surveying the Mason–Dixon line with Jeremiah Dixon from 1763 to 1767. The line came to mark the borders between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

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