March 9th, 2007
National Mall Walking Tour with an Original Surveyor
Benjamin Banneker was a free-born descendent of African slaves who was not only a mathematician, clockmaker, astronomer and publisher, but also had a near photographic memory. Some historians consider him the first African-American scientist.
Raised on a tobacco farm in Maryland, he was self-taught in the sciences and problem-solving skills.
From 1792 to 1797, he was appointed […]
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