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Benjamin Banneker
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free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)
Key facts
- Born
- November 9, 1731, Baltimore County , Province of Maryland , British America
- Died
- October 19, 1806 (1806-10-19) (aged 74), Oella , Baltimore County , Maryland, U.S.
- Other name
- Benjamin Bannaker
- Occupations
- almanac author, surveyor, farmer
- Parents
- Robert (father) Mary Banneky (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore County
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Benjamin Banneker.jpg
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- Commons category
- Benjamin Banneker
- date of birth
- 1731-11-09
- date of death
- 1806-10-19
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Benjamin Banneker
- P9315
- Kim Hyun-Jung
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Benjamin Bannaker
- partner in business or sport
- Andrew Ellicott
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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 survey that established the original borders of the District of Columbia, the federal capital district of the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benjamin Banneker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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