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Authorised form of nameDixon; Abraham (1724 - 1782)
Other forms of surnameDickson
Dates1724 - 1782
NationalityBritish
Date of birth10 March 1724
Date of death1782
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
St John's, Newcastle? (10 March 1724)
ActivityEducation:
Mr Croft's School at Fulham; Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1742, scholar 1746); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1744)
Career:
Sheriff of Northumberland (1759)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/02/1749
RelationshipsSon of Abraham Dickson of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn
Notes:
Venn says baptised 10 Mar 1724 at St John's (Newcastle?) (Venn). Venn gives surname as Dickson or Dixon
CodeNA5210
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1748/19Dixon, Abraham: certificate of election to the Royal Society9 February 1749
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