John Dixon Long [SEP] date of death
John Dixon Long
John Dixon Long (September 26, 1817 – 1894) was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a leading U.S. abolitionist. His 1857 book, "Pictures of Slavery in Church and State", was influential in abolitionist circles.
Long was born in New Town, Maryland to John W. Long, a slaveholder and former sea-captain. He credited his mother Sally Laws Henderson Long with inspiring his early antislavery sentiments. A devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, she died in 1828.
Bill Dixon (rower)
William John Dixon (born 9 November 1912, date of death unknown) was an Australian rower. He was a four-time national champion who competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Club and state rowing.
Dixon was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill with 1929 as his senior year. His senior rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club and in the 1931-32 season he stroked a Sydney maiden four. He won a New