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[clarification needed] [17] However, the remainder of Banneker's early life is not well documented. Unverified accounts that first appeared in books published more than 140 years after Banneker's death relate that, as a young teenager, Banneker met and befriended Peter Heinrich, a Quaker who later established a school near the Banneker family farm.
Benjamin Banneker: Bedini, Silvio A (1999). The life of Benjamin Banneker: the first African-American man of science. Maryland Historical Society. [3] Hinman, Bonnie (2000). Benjamin Banneker: American Mathematician and Astronomer (Colonial Leaders). [200] David Blackwell: Blackwell, David; Wilmot, Nadine (2003). An oral history with David ...
Illustration of Benjamin Banneker, 1731-1806. American mathematician, astronomer, writer, and farmer. ... The Banneker Institute is an astronomy program at Harvard University in Cambridge ...
During the late 1900s and early 2000s, historian Silvio Bedini wrote and performed research about Banneker that refuted some of these tales while working in Washington, D.C., for over 40 years at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of History and Technology/National Museum of American History.
Benjamin Banneker designed and built the first clock of its type in the Thirteen Colonies. He also created a series of almanacs. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and wrote that "blacks were intellectually equal to whites". Banneker worked with Pierre L'Enfant to survey and design a street and urban plan for Washington, D.C. [19] 1760
Articles relating to Benjamin Banneker (1731 –1806), a free African-American almanac author, surveyor, landowner and farmer who had knowledge of mathematics and natural history. Pages in category "Benjamin Banneker"
Pamela Seda, president of the Benjamin Banneker Association, which works to empower Black children by boosting their access and success in mathematics, said she would love to see a more ...
Banneker was a frequent visitor at Martha's childhood home, sharing a mutual enthusiasm for learning with the family. [6] Martha's father, George Ellicott, befriended and mentored Banneker, who lived a 1 mile (1.6 km) up a hill from the Ellicotts in what is now Oella, Maryland. [2] [17] Martha was eleven years old when Banneker died.