About Jeremiah Dixon

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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Occupation: astronomer
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: July 27, 1733
Died: January 22, 1779

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Jeremiah Dixon

English surveyor and astronomer (1733–1779)

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About Jeremiah Dixon

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Occupation: astronomer
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: July 27, 1733
Died: January 22, 1779

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Illustrator unknown; published by Ginn and Company. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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