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Fun Fact: Which MD County Was Home to Math and Science Pioneer, Benjamin Banneker?

Maryland Association of Counties
Born in 1731, in Ellicott's Mills in Baltimore County, Benjamin Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science.
7 months ago

The Mound Line

Bureau of Land Management (.gov)
We are heading south to the Alabama-Florida state line to learn about the United States boundaries and Andrew Ellicott, a prolific surveyor involved in...
22 months ago

100 years ago, 'telescope of huge size' launched UArizona's leading role in astronomy

University of Arizona News
On April 23, 1923, the University of Arizona community, distinguished visitors and Andrew Ellicott Douglass, the first director of Steward...
17 months ago

History with HLOM: Influential surveyor Andrew Ellicott overshadowed his younger brother

TheDailyNewsOnline.com
BATAVIA — When most hear the name Ellicott, they instantly think of Joseph, and rightly so.
45 months ago

Why an Astronomer Turned to Trees to Try to Solve a Celestial Mystery

Smithsonian Magazine
Andrew Ellicott Douglass's theory of sunspots and climate was wrong, but he still pioneered the science of tree-ring dating.
87 months ago

A Mom’s Sabbatical and Finding Ellicott’s Rock

Ordinary Times
Andrew Ellicott's expedition in Georgia took a year. I left my house that morning at 7am and was home by 5pm.
31 months ago

Remembering the Trinity College alum who unlocked history hidden in tree rings

Connecticut Public
Andrew Ellicott (AE) Douglass graduated from Trinity College in 1889 wanting to focus on astronomy. But it was his desire to learn about sun spots that first...
17 months ago

Tree Cheers For Andrew Douglass

Arizona Highways
AE Douglass, a pioneer of the science, used tree rings to pinpoint a timeline of human and climate history in the Southwest. His research was groundbreaking.
2 months ago

University of Arizona Telescopes

The University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a world leader in space sciences, and home to an array of state-of-the-art telescopes. Steward Observatory, the research arm of...
63 months ago

Paleoclimatology: Climate Close-up

NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
Both tree rings and similar rings in ocean coral can tell scientists about rainfall and temperatures during a single growing season.
225 months ago