ASTRONOMER

Benjamin Banneker

1731 - 1806

Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved, Banneker had little or no formal education and was largely self-taught. He became known for assisting Major Andrew Ellicott in a survey that established the original borders of the District of Columbia, the federal capital district of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Banneker is the 537th most popular astronomer (down from 451st in 2019), the 8,803rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,927th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Benjamin Banneker ranks 537 out of 644. Before him are György Kulin, David Todd Wilkinson, Ewine van Dishoeck, Frank Shu, Kenzo Suzuki, and Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov. After him are John Huchra, John Stanley Plaskett, Ernest Esclangon, María Teresa Ruiz, Karl Ludwig Littrow, and Lidiya Tseraskaya.

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HPI: 54.50
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Benjamin Banneker
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Benjamin Banneker ranks 24. Before him are Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Robert Treat Paine, Victor Louis, Gabriela Silang, Catharine Macaulay, and Johann August Ephraim Goeze. Among people deceased in 1806, Benjamin Banneker ranks 48. Before him are Ignaz Schiffermüller, Gim Hongdo, Karoline von Günderrode, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Henry Knox, and Heinrich Christian Boie. After him are Rana Bahadur Shah, Robert Morris, William Paterson, John Graves Simcoe, Elizabeth Carter, and George Wythe.

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Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
POLITICIAN
1731 - 1810
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 18
Robert Treat Paine
LAWYER
1731 - 1814
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 19
Victor Louis
ARCHITECT
1731 - 1800
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 20
Gabriela Silang
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1731 - 1763
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 21
Catharine Macaulay
HISTORIAN
1731 - 1791
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 22
Johann August Ephraim Goeze
BIOLOGIST
1731 - 1793
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 23
Benjamin Banneker
ASTRONOMER
1731 - 1806
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 24