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Categories: 1779 deaths, Transit of Venus, 18th-century British astronomers, 1733 births, English Quakers
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Jeremiah Dixon
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Jeremiah Dixon FRS was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason–Dixon line. Wikipedia
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Jeremiah Dixon FRS was an English surveyor and astronomer who is best known for his work with Charles Mason, from 1763 to 1767, in determining what was later called the Mason–Dixon line. Wikipedia
British astronomer Wikidata
IS A
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Fellow of the Royal Society
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Great Britain
FAMILY NAME
Dixon
GIVEN NAME
Jeremiah
MEMBER OF
Royal Society
American Philosophical Society
NOTABLE WORK
Mason-Dixon line
OCCUPATION
astronomer
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cockfield, County Durham
PLACE OF DEATH
County Durham
SEX OR GENDER
male
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Jeremiah Dixon

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