Posts Tagged ‘banneker’
Benjamin Banneker (American History Blog)
An interesting history-related post from American History Blog:
For most of his life, Banneker grew tobacco on a small farm in Maryland. In his 50s, he taught himself mathematics, astronomy, and surveying, using a neighbor’s books and instruments. He used his knowledge to write a series of popular almanacs with accurate information about the movements of the sun, moon, and stars and predications of tides and weather. In 1791, ...
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English Playwright William Shakespeare