Franklin, Benjamin
(b. January 17, 1706; d. April 17, 1790) Printer and publisher, scientist and inventor, ambassador and statesman, politician.
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Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
American Scientist, Inventor and Statesman
Benjamin Franklin is one of the best known Americans of the eighteenth century. He made significant contributions to a number of ...
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Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
American writer, publisher, scientist, diplomat, and inventor who made significant contributions to a number of fields, including playing a major role in the founding of th...
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Benjamin Franklin
Born January 17, 1706Boston, MassachusettsDied April 17, 1790Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political leader, diplomat, printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor
"This i...
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Public Statement on the Hutchinson Letters by Benjamin Franklin
Public Statement on the Hutchinson Letters
December 25, 1773; excerpted from Benjamin Franklin's Writings
"Finding that tw...
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Franklin, Benjamin
January 17, 1706
Boston, Massachusetts
April 17, 1790
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scientist, inventor, author, philosopher, and one of the founding fathers of the United States
P...
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Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin: a Biography by Benjamin Franklin
Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin: A Biography
in His Own Words
Reprinted in In Their Own Words: The Colonizers
Published in 1998
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Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
American scientist and statesman
Before serving his fledgling country during time of revolution, Benjamin Franklin also achieved international recognition for his scient...
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Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
A printer, author, library organizer, inventor, diplomat, scientist, philanthropist, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1703, the fifteen...
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Franklin, Benjamin(1706–1790)
Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. statesman, scientist, and author, was born in Boston, where he attended school for less than a year. He learned the printer's tr...
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Benjamin Franklin
Born January 17, 1706 (Boston, Massachusetts)
Died April 17, 1790 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Statesman, diplomat, writer, publisher, scientist
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Franklin, Benjamin
Excerpt from Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
Reported by James Madison
Published by Ohio University Press, edited by Adrienne Koch, 1984
On July 5, 1787, delegate...
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a leader of America's Revolutionary generation. His character and thought were shaped by a blending of Puritan heritage, Enlightenment philosophy, and the New World e...
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As author of one of the most famous autobiographies ever written and publisher of the Poor Richard almanacs, Benjamin Franklin holds forever a firm place in the hearts and minds of Americans (and, i...
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Irrepressibly inventive, gifted with a "marvellous range," Benjamin Franklin, an admiring biographer observed, was "a harmonious human multitude." To his contemporaries he seemed prodigious. To us, li...
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Rarely remembered as a magazinist, Benjamin Franklin throughout his life paid tribute to the print shop, which served first as his school-room and later as a pulpit for his ideas on government and the...
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Benjamin Franklin--printer, scientist, inventor, author, philosopher, and statesman--was also one of the great travelers of the eighteenth century. Living in Europe for more than a quarter of a centur...
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Biography EssayAs author of one of the most famous autobiographies ever written and publisher of the Poor Richard almanacs, Benjamin Franklin holds forever a firm place in the hearts and minds of Amer...
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Born in what was then the British colony of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706, Franklin was the fifteenth of seventeen children and received only two years of a formal education. He started w...
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Born on January 17, 1706, in the British colony of Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin was the fifteenth of 17 children. His father was an impoverished candlemaker, unable to afford to send young Benjamin...
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Born on January 17, 1706, in the British colony of Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin was the fifteenth of seventeen children. His father was an impoverished candlemaker, unable to afford to send young B...
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Some people will argue that the true birth of United States of America started with George Washington leading the Continental Army against Great Britain's royal army in pursuit of freedom from foreign...
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest statesman and inventors of all time. He had a full and impressionable life, which set the scheme for present day l...
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A "True" American
From kindergarten to high school, students in the United States learn about their founding fathers. Textbooks written with an American audience in mind reflect the struggles and ac...
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin's achievements and contributes to science, literature, and the
growth of the United States of America are unmatched because of his success in life.
Ben F...
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When one hears the name "Benjamin Franklin," he might think about any of several different attributes that the man who bore the name has bestowed upon the entire race of man. Electricity. Printing. ...
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest American thinkers of all time. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was enrolled in a grammar school when he was eight years old. A...
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Perfection? Can any one person be perfect? Benjamin Franklin believed that he could accomplish this task. Benjamin Franklin was known for being a cognizant and diligent perfectionist. During his lifet...
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American Studies
Oct. 15, 2004
Is Franklin a Puritan or Enlightenment Thinker
About Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin came from a very simple Calvinist back...
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Benjamin Franklin is one of the most influential and famous figures of all time. Ben Franklin if often referred to as the "self-made man," and his philosophies and principles in the Autobiography of ...
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