Benjamin Franklin
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(1774-12-19, 1730-09-01, Deborah Read)
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Josiah Franklin
(1716, 1718)
United States Postal Service
(1775, 1776)
James Franklin Printing Shop
(Apprentice, 1718, 1723)
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100 kg (220 lb)
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1.75 m (1.91 yd)
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Boston Latin School
(1714, 1716)
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1706-01-17
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The First American
The Newton of Electricity
The Patron Saint of Advertising
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Benjamin Franklin
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13 Virtues of Benjamin Franklin
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A man of great ability, he was the most famous 18th century American after George Washington
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science
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benjamin franklin replaced theory of jean-antoine, abbe nollet
(Jean-Antoine Nollet)
benjamin franklin member of royal society
(Royal Society)
benjamin franklin knew william hewson
(William Hewson)
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john quincy adams knew benjamin franklin
(John Quincy Adams)
samuel adams fellow-revolutionary with benjamin franklin
(Samuel Adams)
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At 16, Franklin wrote a series of satirical articles for his father's weekly newspaper, the New England Courant.
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In 1723, he moved to Philadelphia, where the governor of Pennsylvania, Sir William Keith, lent him money to set up his own print shop.
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He also arranged for Franklin to go to England to contact London paper-sellers, but when Franklin arrived, he found his letters of credit and introduction had not arrived.
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Benjamin Franklin - Speaker
(Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1765, 1765, Speaker)
President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania
(1785-10-18, 1788-12-01)
United States Ambassador to France
(Congress of the Confederation, 1778, 1785)
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"On account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity"
(1753, Copley Medal)
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1790-04-17
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Letters of Silence Dogood
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