Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Elijah Dixon (23 October 1790—26 July 1876) was a textile worker, businessman, and agitator for social and political reform from Newton Heath, Manchester, England. He was prominent in the 19th century Reform movement in industrial Lancashire, and an associate of some of its leading figures, including Ernest Jones. His activism led to arrest and detention for suspected high treason, alongside some other leading figures of the movement, and he was present at key events including the Blanketeers' March and the Peterloo Massacre. In later life he became a successful and wealthy manufacturer. He was the uncle of William Hepworth Dixon.. }
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- Elijah_Dixon abstract "Elijah Dixon (23 October 1790—26 July 1876) was a textile worker, businessman, and agitator for social and political reform from Newton Heath, Manchester, England. He was prominent in the 19th century Reform movement in industrial Lancashire, and an associate of some of its leading figures, including Ernest Jones. His activism led to arrest and detention for suspected high treason, alongside some other leading figures of the movement, and he was present at key events including the Blanketeers' March and the Peterloo Massacre. In later life he became a successful and wealthy manufacturer. He was the uncle of William Hepworth Dixon.".