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Photographer: Benjamin Bannaker's Almanac
Taken: 1795
Caption: Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)
African-American Mathematician and Astronomer
Additional Description: Benjamin Banneker was a renowned man of science. Famous for helping the Ellicott brothers survey the site of the national capital in 1791 and corresponding with Thomas Jefferson, Banneker is pictured on the cover of his 1795 almanac. He lived in Oella and is remembered at the nearby Benjamin Banneker Historical Museum and Park.
Submitted: December 24, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p409599
File Size: 0.475 Megabytes

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