Jeremiah Dixon
English surveyor and astronomer (1733–1779)
Jeremiah Dixon
Jeremiah Dixon (27 October 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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