Black Mathematician Benjamin Banneker 17 October 2017

Black Mathematician Benjamin Banneker

BENJAMIN BANNEKER

From a humble background and largely self-taught, Benjamin Banneker became an accomplished mathematician and astronomer. He impressed his peers sufficiently to be selected as a member of the team who surveyed the land chosen by George Washington for the site of the capital city Washington. What was remarkable for the time was that Banneker was black.  Read the full article here.