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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.
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Mason's biography from the Dictionary of National Biography
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