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  1. Oct 1, 2024 · Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and Founding Father who lived during the 18th century. He rose to prominence with his authorship of 'Poor Richard's Almanack', won scientific renown for his experiments with electricity, made numerous inventions, and helped draw France into the American Revolution.

  2. Dec 31, 2001 · Ronald Clark's "Benjamin Franklin: A Biography" puts the lie to Franklin-as-comic-distraction, placing him at the center of a very serious America drama. Clark takes us from Franklin's early days in Boston, a town that (sadly) he came to despise.

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  3. Benjamin Franklin Biography. Born: January 17, 1706. Boston, Massachusetts. Died: April 17, 1790. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American scholar, diplomat, author, scientist, and inventor. B enjamin Franklin was a leader of America's revolutionary generation. His character and thought were shaped by his religious upbringing, the philosophy of the ...

  4. When war broke out between the American colonies and Great Britain in 1775, Benjamin Franklin was sixty-nine years old and famous, not only in the colonies but in England and on the continent as well.

  5. Benjamin Franklin. by. Ronald William Clark. Publication date. 2001. Topics. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Statesmen -- United States -- Biography., Scientists -- United States -- Biography., Printers -- United States -- Biography. Publisher. Phoenix. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary. Contributor. Internet Archive.

  6. The first complete biography of Franklin draws on a wealth of newly discovered material to portray a man of extraordinary accomplishment, divided allegiances, and complex motivation.

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  8. Benjamin Franklin's formulation of a general theory of electrical “action” won him an international reputation in pure science in his own day.