Benjamin bannaker biography


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    Benjamin Banneker

    Benjamin Banneker

    Library of Congress
    Banneker depicted on a 1943 mural by Maxine Merlino in the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C.

    (2010)[1]

    BornNovember 9, 1731

    Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America

    DiedOctober 19, 1806(1806-10-19) (aged 74)

    Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.

    NationalityAmerican
    Other namesBenjamin Bannaker
    Occupation(s)almanac author, surveyor, farmer
    Parents
    • Robert (father)
    • Mary Banneky (mother)

    Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was a free African Americanalmanac author, surveyor, naturalist and farmer.[2]

    Early life

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    Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731 in Baltimore County, Maryland.

    His parents are Mary Banneky, a free black, and Robert, a freed slave from Guinea.[3][4][5]

    In 1788, a man named George Ellicottloaned Banneker books a