George Dixon
George Dixon may refer to:
George Dixon (Cockfield Canal)
George Robertus Dixon (18 November 1731 Bishop Auckland - 29 September 1785 Cockfield, County Durham), was a chemist, mathematician, engraver, china-painter, engineer, geologist and coalmine operator, who helped pioneer the use of coal gas in heating and gas lighting - one of his gas experiments leading to the destruction of his own house.
George was one of the seven children of Sir George Dixon Bt. (1701-1775), an affluent coal-mine owner, and his wife Lady Mary Hunter of Newcastle. George was also the elder brother of Jeremiah Dixon, who helped survey the Mason-Dixon line in the United States in 1767.
In the same year, with a view to easier transporting of local coal, George and other colliery operators, excavated a stretch of canal on Cockfield Fell, hoping eventually to join the River Tees at Barnard Castle or to reach the sea, and dispense with the time-consuming practice of hauling coal over 40 miles to the nearest port - George leased a colliery on Cockfield Fell, from Sir Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington of Raby Castle, where coal and iron had been worked since medieval times. The enormous cost and factions with conflicting interests ensured the failure of this ambitious canal scheme, but the idea did give rise in time, and with the aid of Edward Pease, to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which served the same purpose of transporting coal, though passengers were not carried until October 1833.
George Dixon (baseball)
George "Tubby" Dixon (born January 4, 1896) was a Negro Leagues catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.
When he started catching for the Chicago American Giants during spring training in Palm Beach, Florida, newspaper reports called him "the best young player that has been tried out with the Giants in years."
Dixon appears to have played his last few seasons in Cleveland. He died in Cleveland in 1940.
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'George Dixon' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Secret Weapon of the Confederacy (2011)
Actors: Jamie Downs (actor), Michael Easler (actor), Trevor Erickson (actor), Bo Fuller (actor), Scott Harris (actor), Brian Hicks (actor), Jim Hilton (actor), Tyler Ilgen (actor), Paul Mardikian (actor), Glenn McConnell (actor), Harry Pecorelli (actor), Bray Poor (actor), Mark K. Ragan (actor), A.J. Roberts (actor), Ken J.R. Conner (actor),
Genres: Documentary,She Wrote the Book (1946)
Actors: Mischa Auer (actor), Walden Boyle (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), George Bunny (actor), Douglas Carter (actor), Milton Charleston (actor), Jimmy Clark (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Frank Dae (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Jack J. Ford (actor), Phil Garris (actor), Richard Abbott (actor),
Plot: A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. While in the big city, the math prof receives a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia. She begins to believe she is the author of the sultry book, and has actually lived its story. Now freed from her inhibitions, the lady professor sashays about with abandon. With a PR man (Jack Oakie) in tow, she crashes a party of swells at the home of a wealthy industrialist (Thurston Hall) and pressures him into making a large contribution to her tiny college back home.
Genres: Comedy,Taglines: She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page
Hearts of Women (1914)
Actors: S. Rankin Drew (actor), William Humphrey (actor), Gladden James (actor), Tefft Johnson (actor), Naomi Childers (actress), Julia Swayne Gordon (actress), Shannon Fife (writer), William Humphrey (director),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Dixon, George Filmography
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1900, role: actor , character name: Himself
Dixon, George Filmography
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1992, role: actor , character name: Machinist 1
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1990, role: actor , character name: Clerk at Court
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1985, role: actor , character name: Missionary at Drysdale
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1970, role: actor , character name: Dr. Sullivan
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1967, role: actor , character name: Bill's Friend
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1965, role: actor , character name: Nick
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1958, role: miscellaneous crew
George Jackson
I woke up this morning
There were tears in my bed
They killed a man I really loved
Shot him through the head
Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Sent him off to prison
For a seventy dollar robbery
Closed the door behind him
And they threw away the key
Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
He wouldn't take shit from no one
He wouldn't bow down or kneel
Authorities, they hated him
Because he was just too real
Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down
Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Prison guards, they cursed him
As they watched him from above
But they were frightened of his power
They were scared of his love
Lord, Lord, so they cut George Jackson down
Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Sometimes I think this whole world
Is one big prison yard
Some of us are prisoners
The rest of us are guards
Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down