Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Bannekerwas a free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. He is known for being part of a group led by Major Andrew Ellicott that surveyed the borders of the original District of Columbia, the federal capital district of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 November 1731
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America