He wrote almanacs................and made tables of the tides of the Chesapeake Bay..............

Benjamin Banneker

Author

Benjamin Banneker was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. Wikipedia

Born: November 9, 1731, Baltimore County, Maryland, MD

Died: October 9, 1806, Baltimore County, Maryland, MD

Nationality: American

Parents: Mary Bannaky, Robert Bannaky

Quotes

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.