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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.
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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.
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Benjamin Cheney of East Hartford, Connecticut, was producing wooden striking clocks by 1745, [130] [140] [141] [142] eight years before Banneker completed his own wooden striking clock around 1753. David Rittenhouse constructed a clock with wooden gears around 1749 while living on a farm near Philadelphia at the age of 17.
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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.
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.