Benjamin Banneker

CTL-E-1019 · Institution · other · 1731-1806

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

African American surveyor, astronomer, and almanac author (1731-1806). Circulated clock claim graded: Exaggerated. Banneker did build a working all-wooden striking clock ~1753 by studying a borrowed pocket watch — extraordinary for a self-taught 22-year-old. He did not invent the clock, and his was not the first A

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-003; source research type(s): None. Sources populated 2026-10-03 from package provenance during the KG completion pass; external sourcing still pending.

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CultureTechLens research package CTL-DR-TECH-001 — entity record TECH-E-003 (research/CTL-DR-TECH-001/entities.json)

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