BENJAMIN BANNEKER

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."

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IMPORTANT EVENTS

• From 1731-1806
• First Great Awakening -1732
• French and Indian War-1754
• Boston Tea Party- 1773