Benjamin Banneker

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Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught African-American mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor. Born on November 9, 1731, in Maryland, he is best known for his almanacs, which he published annually between 1792 and 1797, and his involvement in the original survey of the boundaries of the future capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.