Benjamin Banneker
✓ Source-basedstableFree African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731-1806)
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Benjamin Banneker was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.
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View of the Patapsco Valley from Ellicott City (June 2012)
Library of Congress 1835 map of the District of Columbia showing Washington City in its center, Georgetown to the west of the city, and the town of Alexandria in the District's south corner.
1799 portrait of Andrew Ellicott
National Portrait Gallery1796 oil portrait of David Rittenhouse by Charles Willson Peale
Rhode Island Historical Society, ProvidencePortrait of William Goddard (c. 1780-1785)
Title page of the Baltimore edition of Banneker's 1792 almanac and ephemeris.
Independence National Historical Park, PhiladelphiaPortrait of James McHenry (ca. 1795-1800)Scientists from United States 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1731 to 1806 · aged 74
Written about in
25 languages
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