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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.
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella, Maryland.
Illustration of Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806. American mathematician, astronomer, writer, and farmer. (Getty Images) Children all across the United States often fantasize about growing up to be an ...
A park commemorating Benjamin Banneker is located in a stream valley woodland at the former site of Banneker's farm and residence in Oella, Maryland, between Ellicott City and the City of Baltimore. [ 11 ] [ a 1 ] The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks manages the $2.5 million facility, which was dedicated on June 9, 1998.
The Life of Benjamin Banneker: The First African-American Man of Science. (1999) [11] "Banneker, Benjamin (1731–1806), farmer and astronomer" (American National Biography). (1999) [12] William Churton (fl. 1749-1767): North Carolina Cartographer (Professional surveyor). (2001). With Compass and Chain: Early American Surveyors and Their ...
[1] [2] He was the father of Martha Ellicott Tyson (September 13, 1795 – March 5, 1873), who became an Elder of the Quaker Meeting in Baltimore, an anti-slavery and women's rights advocate, the author of a biography of Benjamin Banneker, a founder of Swarthmore College and an inductee to the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. [3]
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Martha authored two biographical accounts of Benjamin Banneker, a free African-American farmer who became an almanac author and surveyor and acquired knowledge of astronomy, mathematics and natural history. [16] Banneker was a frequent visitor at Martha's childhood home, sharing a mutual enthusiasm for learning with the family. [6]