claim: Benjamin Franklin earned the title of "The First Brit."
evidence: Algimantas Adolfas Jucys -LRB- 14 November 1936 -- 29 July 1997 -RRB- was a Lithuanian theoretical physicist more prominent as a mathematician , a son of Lithuanian physicist Adolfas Jucys .. mathematician. mathematician. Adolfas Jucys. Adolfas Jucys. Since 1967 Algis Jucys was researcher at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences , in 1977-1990 at the Institute of Physics and in 1990-1996 at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy , Lithuania .. Lithuania. Lithuania. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Algimantas -LRB- Algis -RRB- Adolfas -LRB- A.-A.A. -RRB- Jucys was member of Lithuanian Physical Society , Lithuanian Mathematical Society , American Mathematical Society .. Jucys -- Murphy elements in the group algebra of the symmetric group are named after him .. group algebra. group algebra. symmetric group. symmetric group