name: Benjamin Franklin
birth_date: 1706-01-17 00:00:00
death_date: 1790-04-17 00:00:00
genres: Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, History
influences: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, David Hume, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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about: Benjamin Franklin was a writer, a philosopher, a scientist, a politician, a patriot, a Founding Father, an inventor, and publisher. He helped with the founding of the United States of America and changed the world with his discoveries about electricity. His writings such as Poor Richards' Almanac have provided wisdom for 17 years to the colonies. Benjamin Franklin was a writer, a philosopher, a scientist, a politician, a patriot, a Founding Father, an inventor, and publisher. He helped with the founding of the United States of America and changed the world with his discoveries about electricity. His writings such as Poor Richards' Almanac have provided wisdom for 17 years to the colonies. ...more