Benjamin Banneker
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BENJAMIN BANNEKER
Born: November 9, 1731 Died: October 9,1806
ORIGIN AND bACKGROUND
- Born and died in Baltimore County, Maryland .
- Mary Bannaky and Robert Bannaky.
- Little education
- Never married
FAMOUS? YES
- Invented a wooden clock.
- Predicted a 1789 solar eclipse.
- Considered first African American scientist.
- Helped with the nation's capital.
- Published an Almanac.
- "The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual power."
OTHER MATHEMATICIAN IN THAT TIME PERIOD
Daniel Bernoulli
IMPORTANT EVENTS
- From 1731-1806
- First Great Awakening -1732
- French and Indian War-1754
- Boston Tea Party- 1773
