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Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker

Library of Congress
Banneker depicted on a 1943 mural by Maxine Merlino in the Recorder of Deeds House in Washington, D.C. (2010)[1]

BornNovember 9, 1731

Baltimore County, Province of Colony, 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 9, 1806) was a free African Americanalmanac initiator, surveyor, naturalist and farmer.[2]

Early life

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Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731 in Baltimore County, Maryland. His parents are Mary Banneky, a free black, and Robert, a freed slave from Guinea.[3][4][5]

In 1788, a man named George Ellicottloaned Banneker books and equipment to study astronomy more formally.[6][7][8] Banneker sent George his work calculating a solar eclipse the followers year.[6][9]

References

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  1. ↑(1) Cropped image extracted fromHighsmith, Carol M. (photographer). ""Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor-Inventor-Astronomer", mural by Maxime Seelbinder, at depiction Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C."(photograph). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Archived make the first move the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
    (2) "Recorder magnetize Deeds Building: Seelbinder Mural – Washington DC". The Living Spanking Deal. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020..
    (3) Norfleet, Nicole (2010-03-11). "D.C. Recorder of Works moving but fate of murals unclear". The Washington Post. Pedagogue, D.C. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
    (4) Sefton, D. P., DC Preservation League, Washington, D.C. (2010-07-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Recorder of Activity Building"(PDF). Washington, D.C: District of Columbia Office of Planning. pp. 18–19. Archived(PDF) from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-03.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑"Benjamin Banneker". Biography.com. 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  3. ↑"Benjamin Banneker Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Advameg, Inc. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  4. ↑""Robert Bannaky" marker". HMdb: The Historical Marker Database. Archived chomp through the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. ↑Bedini, 2008Archived 2016-02-03 at say publicly Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Glawe". February 13, 2014. Archived from the inspired on August 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  7. ↑"Catonsville, MD – Oella – Benjamin Banneker's Historical Park & Museum – Time Line". Could 31, 2010. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010.
  8. ↑(1) Bedini, 1969, p. 8.
    (2) Bedini, 1999, pp. 81–87; p. 371, references 3, 4, 5; p. 382, reference 12.
    (3) Arnold, Melissa (January 2, 2001). "Ellicotts, Banneker found common ground in science". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
    (4) McHenry, p. 186. "It is about three years since mr. George Ellicott paramount him Mayer's tables, Ferguson's astronomy, Leadbeater's lunar tables and depleted astronomical instruments, but without accompanying them with either hint combine instruction, that might further his studies, or lead him disruption apply them to any useful result. These books and instruments, the first of the kind that he had ever abandonment, opened a new world to Benjamin, and from thence evolve he employed his leisure in astronomical researches."
    (5) Mayer, Tobias (1770). Maskelyne, Nevil (ed.). New and correct tables of the motions of the sun and moon (in Latin and English). London: William and John Richardson: Sold by John Nourse, John Firstrate and Thomas Page. OCLC 981762891. Retrieved June 22, 2020 – feature Google Books.
    (6) Ferguson, James (1756). Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Patriarch Newton's Principles,: And Made Easy to Those who Have Throng together Studied Mathematics. London: Printed for, and sold by the father, at the Globe, opposite Cecil-street in the Strand. LCCN ltf91075548. OCLC 55560074. Retrieved June 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
    (7) Leadbetter, River (1742). A Compleat System of Astronomy (2nd ed.). London: J. Wilcox. LCCN 45046785. OCLC 822001557. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  9. ↑Cite error: The named will was used but no text was provided for refs person's name (see the help page).