Charles Mason
Charles Mason
(
1730
–
1787
) was an
English
astronomer
. Mason's early career was spent at the
Royal Greenwich Observatory
near
London
. He worked on the surveying of the
Mason–Dixon Line
(
1763
–
1767
), along with fellow Englishman
Jeremiah Dixon
. The two had previously travelled around the
Cape of Good Hope
, where they observed the
transit of Venus
. A
crater
on the
Moon
is named after him.
External links
Mason's biography from the Dictionary of National Biography
Mason, Charles Mason, Charles Mason, Charles
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