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Jan 15, 2016 · 1. He only had two years of formal education. The man considered the most brilliant American of his age rarely saw the inside of a classroom. Franklin spent just two years attending Boston Latin...
May 16, 2024 · Born: January 17 [January 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.] Died: April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (aged 84) Title / Office: Continental Congress (1775-1775), United States. Founder: American Philosophical Society. Awards And Honors: Hall of Fame (1900) Copley Medal (1753) Recent News.
- Benjamin Franklin's experiment proving the identity of lightning and electricity.
- “Join, or Die,” the first known American cartoon, published by Benjamin Franklin in his
- (From left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson discussing a draft of the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
- Benjamin Franklin at the court of France, 1778, engraving after a painting by Hobens.
- Benjamin Franklin.
- Map of the Gulf Stream drawn by Benjamin Franklin.
- Birth. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, when Massachusetts was still a British colony. He was the 15 of 17 children in a modest family.
- Father. His father, Josiah Franklin, was an Englishman who worked as a soap and candle maker. He migrated to America with his first wife in 1683, but she died after bearing seven children.
- Mother. Benjamin Franklin described his mother, Abiah Folger, as a discreet and virtuous woman who molded his values. She also gave him space for creative activities, enabling the development of his fertile mind.
- Grandfather. His maternal grandfather, Peter Folger, was a clerk of court who defended shopkeepers from wealthy landowners. He went to jail for disobeying the local magistrate.
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher.
Benjamin Franklin, American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the American Founding Fathers, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He also made important contributions to science, especially in the understanding of technology.
Benjamin Franklin, (born Jan. 17, 1706, Boston, Mass.—died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.), American printer and publisher, author, scientist and inventor, and diplomat. He was apprenticed at age 12 to his brother, a local printer.
