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Benjamin Banneker

American scientist, surveyor and farmer (–)

Benjamin Banneker

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Banneker depicted in a mural by Maxine Merlino in the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C. ()[1]

BornNovember 9,

Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America

DiedOctober 19, () (aged&#;74)

Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
Other&#;namesBenjamin Bannaker
Occupation(s)almanac author, surveyor, farmer
Parents
  • Robert (father)
  • Mary Banneky (mother)

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, &#;&#; October 19, ) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author.

A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.

Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved, Banneker had little or no formal education and was largely self-taught. He became known for assisting Major Andrew Ellicott in a s Benjamin Banneker: Biography, Mathematician, Astronomer, Almanacs QENUZ