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Benjamin Banneker Born: 9 Oct 1731 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Died: 9 Oct 1806 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Benjamin Banneker 's father, Robert, had been a slave who had been given his freedom and was a farmer, while his mother was Mary Banneky. Mary Banneky's mother had been an English girl, Molly Welsh who had been accused of stealing milk and condemned to death for this crime. Her sentence was then reduced to being sent to the British Colony in North America where she eventually became the owner of a farm and married one of her slaves. Their daughter Mary Banneky also married a former slave and he took her surname. Benjamin received some education at the Quaker School although once he was old enough to help on his parent's farm then he had to end his formal education. He was taught to read and write by his grandmother Molly Welsh who also gave him instruction in the Bible. There was, however, little respite for Banneker from the hard physical labour on the farm. When he was 22 years of age Banneker showed his abilities when he made a clock from wood using a pocket watch he had borrowed as a model. The clock struck the hours and continued in good working order for the rest of Banneker's life. Building this clock seems to have brought Banneker some fame in the local community in which he lived and he quickly acquired a reputation for skill in making and solving mathematical puzzles.

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Printer Friendly Text Version Benjamin Banneker Astronomer, Scientist, mathematician Scott Catalog # 1804 Issued February 15, 1980 in Annapolis, Maryland Designed by Jerry Pinkney Benjamin Banneker was born in Endicott, Maryland on November 9, 1731. His mother was a free black woman and his father was a slave owned by his mother. Benjamin attended a public school run by the Quakers as a free Black and showed an early propensity for mathematics. At the age of twenty-one, after viewing and then dismantling a friends watch, he built a wooden clock that kept accurate time for over forty years. In 1790, Thomas Jefferson appointed Banneker as a member of the surveying team that was to lay out the plans for Washington, DC. The original chief architect of the project, Pierre L'Enfant was fired and took the plans with him when he left. Banneker was then placed in charge. He recreated the plans from memory and completed the project. In 1971 he published an Almanac concerning his observations on astronomy. Banneker mailed a copy of this almanac to Thomas Jefferson along with a letter as a counter to Jefferson's belief in the inherent intellectual inferiority of the Negro. Jefferson apologized and sent a favorable reply in a return letter. Jefferson also forwarded a copy of the Almanac to The French Academy of Sciences. Benjamin continued to publish his Almanac until 1802. He died on October 9, 1806.

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Benjamin Banneker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin Banneker November 9 October 9 ) was born in Maryland . He was an African-American astronomer clockmaker , and publisher and was instrumental in surveying the District of Columbia Banneker was the son and grandson of freed slaves from Africa . His maternal grandmother was an indentured servant from England who freed, and then married, her male slave. The original family name was Banna Ka , or Bannakay . His father, Robert Bannakay, was notable for having built a series of dams and watercourses that successfully irrigated the family farm where Banneker lived most of his life. Banneker was taught to read and do simple arithmetic by his grandmother and by a Quaker schoolmaster, who changed his name to Banneker. At age 21, Banneker's life was changed when he saw a neighbor's patent pocket watch. He borrowed the watch, took it apart to draw all its pieces, then reassembled it and returned it running to its owner. Banneker then carved large-scale wooden replicas of each piece, calculating the gear assemblies himself, and used the parts to make the first striking clock ever built in America. The clock continued to work, striking each hour, for more than 40 years. This event provided the impetus to turn him from farming to watch and clock making. One customer was

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Benjamin Banneker Date of Birth: November 9,1731 Date of Death: October 25,1806 Geographic Region Where Benjamin Banneker Made His/Her Greatest Impact: Maryland Summary: Benjamin Banneker was a great mathematician and astronomer.One of his first contributions was that he made an almanac that held essential information for farmers and travelers.His first one was published in 1802.Another contribution was the watch he made entirely out of wood.He had borrowed a watch and used it as a model to make a wooden one.Finally,he was one of the first African Americans to speak out for racism and slavery.He is known around the world for his achievements. Click on These Sites to Learn More About Benjamin Banneker This web page created by me. Click on the arrow to return to the table of contents.

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Benjamin Banneker Born: November 9, 1731 Died: October 9, 1806 Birthplace: Baltimore County, Maryland Benjamin Banneker: Mathematician, Astronomer Benjamin Banneker, the son of Robert and Mary Bannaky was born in 1731. His grandfather was a slave from Africa and his grandmother, an indentured servant from England. His grandfather was known as Banna Ka, then later as Bannaky, his grandmother as Molly Walsh. His grandmother was a maid in England who had been sent to Maryland as an indentured servant. When she finished her seven years of bondage, she bought a farm along with two slaves to help her take care of it. Walsh freed both slaves and married one, Bannaky. They had several children, among them a daughter named Mary. When Mary Bannaky grew up, she bought a slave named Robert, married him and had several children, including Benjamin. Benjamin Banneker grew up on the family farm. Around town it was known as "Bannaky Springs" due to the fresh water springs on the land. Bannaky used ditches and little dams to control the water from the springs for irrigation. His work was so reliable that the Bannaky's crops flourished even in dry spells. The family of free blacks raised good tobacco crops all the time. Molly, Banneker's grandmother, taught him and his brothers to read, using her Bible as a lesson book. There was no school in the valley for the boys to attend. Then one summer, a Quaker school teacher came to live in the valley. He set up a school for boys. Benjamin Bannaky attended this school. The schoolmaster changed the spelling of his name to Banneker. At school he learned to write and do simple arithmetic.

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Note although we are a nonprofit organization, we are not a 501(c)(3). Your gifts are not tax-deductible. The Banneker Center for Economic Justice presents: Who Was Benjamin Banneker? Benjamin Banneker was born in Maryland on November 9, 1731. His father and grandfather were former slaves. A farmer of modest means, Banneker nevertheless lived a life of unusual achievement. In 1753, the young man borrowed a pocket watch from a well-to-do neighbor; he took it apart and made a drawing of each component, then reassembled the watch and returned it, fully functioning, to its owner. From his drawings Banneker then proceeded to carve, out of wood, enlarged replicas of each part. Calculating the proper number of teeth for each gear and the necessary relationships between the gears, he constructed a working wooden clock that kept accurate time and struck the hours for over 50 years. At age 58, Banneker began the study of astronomy and was soon predicting future solar and lunar eclipses. He compiled the ephemeris, or information table, for annual almanacs that were published for the years 1792 through 1797. "Benjamin Banneker's Almanac" was a top seller from Pennsylvania to Virginia and even into Kentucky. In 1791, Banneker was a technical assistant in the calculating and first-ever surveying of the Federal District, which is now Washington, D.C.

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