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    • Benjamin Banneker

    American scientist, surveyor and farmer (1731–1806)

    Benjamin Banneker

    Library of Congress
    Banneker depicted in a 1943 mural by Maxine Merlino in the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C.

    (2010)[1]

    BornNovember 9, 1731

    Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America

    DiedOctober 19, 1806(1806-10-19) (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, 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.

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