The life of Benjamin Banneker
Subtitle: the first African-American man of science
By: Silvio A. Bedini.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Maryland Historical Society
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.; Astronomers -- United States -- Biography.; African American scientists -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Benjamin Banneker, a free, black tobacco planter in Baltimore County in the 1700s, taught himself mathematics and astronomy late in life, earning a place among early American scientists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-416) and index.