Benjamin franklin a biography

Who Was Benjamin Franklin?

Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and he negotiated the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War.

His scientific pursuits included investigations into electricity, mathematics and mapmaking. A writer known for his wit and wisdom, Franklin also published Poor Richard’s Almanack, invented bifocal glasses and organized the first successful American lending library.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Benjamin Franklin
BORN: January 17,
DIED: April 17,
BIRTHPLACE: Boston, Massachusetts
SPOUSE: Deborah Read ()
CHILDREN: William, Francis, Sarah
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Capricorn

Early Life

Franklin was born on January 17, , in Boston, in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Franklin’s father, English-born soap and candlemaker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Franklin was his 15th child and youngest son.

Franklin learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped fa

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Portrait by Patriarch Duplessis,
In office October 18, &#;– November 5,
Vice President
Preceded by	John Dickinson
Succeeded by	Thomas Mifflin
In office September 28, &#;– April 3,
Appointed by	Congress of say publicly Confederation
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jonathan Russell
In office March 23, &#;– May 17,
Appointed by	Continental Congress
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson
In office July 26, &#;– November 7,
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Richard Bache
In office May &#;– October
In office August 10, &#;– January 31,
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vacant
In office May &#;– October
Preceded by	Isaac Norris
Succeeded by	Isaac Norris
In office –
Succeeded by	William Smith
Born	January 17, [O.S. January 6, ][Note 1] Boston, Massachusetts Recess, English America
Died	April 17, () (aged&#;84) Philadelphia, Penn, U.S.
Resting place	Christ • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin book by Benjamin Franklin Cover of the first English edition of Author Benjamin Franklin Original&#;title Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin Language American English Genre Autobiography Publisher Buisson, Paris (French edition) J. Parson's, London (First English reprint) Publication date Publication place United States Published&#;in English The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from to ; however, Franklin appear to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods during which he wrote them. There are actual breaks between the first three parts of the narrative, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break. The work ends with events in his life from the year when he was 52 (Franklin would die in at age 84). In the "Introduction" of the publication of the Autobiography, editor F. W. Pi