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Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity. Banneker was born on a farm in 1731 in Oella, Maryland.
Benjamin Cheney of East Hartford, Connecticut, was producing wooden striking clocks by 1745, [130] [140] [141] [142] eight years before Banneker completed his own wooden striking clock around 1753. David Rittenhouse constructed a clock with wooden gears around 1749 while living on a farm near Philadelphia at the age of 17.
Banneker, Benjamin: 1731–1806 Almanac author; surveyor; farmer Constructed wooden clock; astronomer; assisted in the survey of the original boundaries of the District of Columbia; authored a series of almanacs and ephemerides; naturalist: recorded observations on emergences of periodical cicadas and on the behavior of honey bees. [16] Banyaga ...
A park commemorating Benjamin Banneker is located in a stream valley woodland at the former site of Banneker's farm and residence in Oella, Maryland, between Ellicott City and the City of Baltimore. [ 11 ] [ a 1 ] The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks manages the $2.5 million facility, which was dedicated on June 9, 1998.
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum Feb 18, 2017, 1-034_edit: Date: Taken on 18 February 2017, 13:32: Source: Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum Feb 18, 2017, 1-034_edit: Author: F Delventhal from Outside Washington, D.C., US
Replica of Benjamin Banneker's log cabin in Benjamin Banneker Historical Park, Feb 18, 2017, 1-47 PM_edit: Date: Taken on 18 February 2017, 13:47: Source: Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum Feb 18, 2017, 1-47 PM_edit: Author: F Delventhal from Outside Washington, D.C., US