Early life
Interesting Facts
How does he influence me to do better?
100
He was born November 9, of what year
1731
100
Banneker taught himself astronomy well enough...
to correctly predict a solar eclipse in 1789.
100
How does Benjamin Banneker influence me to do better?
He makes me feel that even if something hasn't been done or I know nothing about it it is still possible.
200
where was he born?
Baltimore County, Maryland
200
He is thought to have been_________?
largely self-taught
300
what did he work as?
A landowner, surveyor, and farmer.
300
At 21 years old he made a ______?
A clock that kept the perfect time, after studying the inside of his friend's watch.
400
where was he born?
Thomas Jefferson
400
At what age did he die?
in 1806 he died at the age of 74
500
was an African-American naturalist, astronomer, almanac author, and what?
mathematician
500
_____ destroyed many of his papers and artifacts.
a fire