Benjamin Banneker, the Negro Mathematician and Astronomer

by Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806) was 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520965397
• ISBN13: 9781520965390
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 27 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"