Benjamin Banneker - Wikipedia
Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.
Benjamin Banneker - Biography
Feb 8, 2024 · Benjamin Banneker was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, and farmer. He helped survey territory for the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Benjamin Banneker | Letter to Jefferson, Clock, Almanac ...
Dec 23, 2024 · Benjamin Banneker (born November 9, 1731, Banneky farm [now in Oella], Maryland [U.S.]—died October 19? [see Researcher’s Note], 1806, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) was a mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor, and writer, one of the first important African American intellectuals.
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From 1792 through 1797 Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician and amateur astronomer, calculated ephemerides (tables of the locations of stars and planets) for almanacs that were widely distributed and influential.
Benjamin Banneker - White House Historical Association
Benjamin Banneker, a free African-American man living in a slave state in the eighteenth century, never knew the weight of iron shackles or the crack of an overseer’s whip. A native of Baltimore County, Maryland, his experience diverged from those of most African Americans living in the early United States.
Benjamin Banneker - Farmers' Almanac - Plan Your Day. Grow ...
Aug 11, 2022 · Legend enshrouds the life and history of Benjamin Banneker, an 18 th century free African American farmer, mathematician, and astronomer, who, near the end of his life in the 1790s, produced a series of acclaimed almanacs.
Banneker, Benjamin - Encyclopedia.com
May 18, 2018 · Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), an African American mathematician and amateur astronomer, calculated ephemerides for almanacs for the years 1792 through 1797 that were widely distributed. On Nov. 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker was born in Baltimore County, Md.