Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Also called:
Ben Franklin
Pseudonym:
Richard Saunders
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)
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Benjamin Franklin (born January 17 [January 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He made important contributions to science, especially in the understanding of electricity, and is remembered for the wit, wisdom, and elegance of his writing. Franklin was born the 10th son of the ...(100 of 4755 words)