Jeremiah Dixon

Jeremiah Dixon
1910 artist's impression of Dixon surveying the Mason–Dixon line
Born(1733-07-27)27 July 1733
Cockfield, County Durham
Died22 January 1779(1779-01-22) (aged 45)
Cockfield, County Durham
Known forMason–Dixon line
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, surveying
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Jeremiah Dixon (27 July 1733 – 22 January 1779) 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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