Jeremiah Dixon
✓ Source-basedstableEnglish surveyor and astronomer (1733-1779)
ScientistsLived 1733 to 1779 · aged 45
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Jeremiah Dixon was an English surveyor and astronomer best known for surveying the Mason-Dixon line with Charles Mason from 1763 to 1767. The line came to mark the borders between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Dixon's name may be the origin for the nickname Dixie used in reference to the Southern United States.
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Lived 1733 to 1779 · aged 45
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