Banneker, Benjamin
Benjamin Banneker was one of the first African-American mathematicians.
American Mathematician and Astronomer1731–1806
Benjamin Banneker is best known for his work in ...
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The Work and Impact of Benjamin Banneker
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Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) demonstrated that African Americans were capable of scientific and technological achievements. During the time that Bann...
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Benjamin Banneker
1731-1806
African American Inventor, Astronomer and Mathematician
Benjamin Banneker is known as the first African-American scientist in the United States. Until the 1980s his life an...
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Banneker, Benjamin and Jefferson, Thomas
Excerpt from "A Letter to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson's
Response"
Written August 19 and August 30, 1791
Available at University of Virg...
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Benjamin Banneker
Born November 9, 1731 (Baltimore County, Maryland)
Died October 9, 1806 (Baltimore County, Maryland)
Mathematician, astronomer
Benjamin Banneker was an accomplished self-taught mathe...
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Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), an African American mathematician and amateur astronomer, calculated ephemerides for almanacs for the years 1792 through 1797 that were widely distributed.On Nov. 9, 173...
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Benjamin Banneker is credited with being America's first black scientist. A native of Ellicott's Lower Mills, Maryland, he was born the first of three children November 9, 1731, to Robert, a slave fro...
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Banneker, Benjamin
The Work and Impact of Benjamin Banneker
Banneker, Benjamin and Jefferson, Thomas
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker