Query: ben franklin

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Aretha Franklin <=SEP=> Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Think".

Ben 10 <=SEP=> Ben 10 is an American animated TV series media franchise created by "Man of Action" (the group consisting of creators, Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle) and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The franchise is about a boy named Ben Tennyson who acquires a watch-like alien device, called the Omnitrix. (full name: Omnimatrix), The Ominitrix allows the wearer to transform into ten different alien creatures.

Ben Daniels (pioneer) <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Daniels (November 4, 1852–April 20, 1923) was an Arizona pioneer, best known for serving as a lawman in rough Western towns and the sheriff of Pima County shortly before his death in 1923. He was also a member of the Rough Riders, superintendent of the Yuma Territorial Prison, United States Marshal for the Territory of Arizona  and a miner.

Ben F. Caldwell <=SEP=> Ben Franklin Caldwell (August 2, 1848 – December 29, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Carrollton, Illinois, Caldwell moved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled near Chatham, Illinois.  He attended the public schools, and thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He served as member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon County in 1877 and 1878.

Ben Franklin, Texas <=SEP=> Ben Franklin is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States, four miles (6 km) northeast of Pecan Gap and 77 miles (124 km) northeast of Dallas. The town's ZIP Code is 75415.The settlement was located on Benjamin Sammons's land grant and named for his son, Benjamin Franklin Sammons. The Sammons family, along with the Birdwells and Hogues, arrived in the area in 1835 and were among the first settlers.

Ben Franklin (Australian politician) <=SEP=> Benjamin Cameron "Ben" Franklin (born circa 1974), an Australian politician, has been a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2015, representing the National Party. Prior to his election, Franklin served as the State Director of the Nationals between 2008 and 2015.

Ben Franklin (Canadian politician) <=SEP=> Ben Franklin (1942–March 22, 2003) was mayor of the city of Nepean, Ontario from 1978 to 1997. Nepean became part of the city of Ottawa in 2001.He was born in Elgin, Ontario in 1942. He graduated from Carleton University with a BA in 1971 and became a high school geography teacher.  In 1973, he was elected to Nepean council.  In 1975, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Carleton in the Ontario general election.

Ben Franklin (PX-15) <=SEP=> The Ben Franklin mesoscaphe, also known as the Grumman/Piccard PX-15, was a manned underwater submersible built in 1968. It was the brainchild of explorer and inventor Jacques Piccard. The research vessel was designed to house a six-man crew for up to 30 days of oceanographic study in the depths of the Gulf Stream. NASA became involved, seeing this as an opportunity to study the effects of long-term, continuous close confinement, a useful simulation of long space flights.

Ben Franklin (The Office) <=SEP=> "Ben Franklin" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's forty-third episode overall. Written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts in the show as Kelly Kapoor, and directed by Randall Einhorn, the episode first aired in the United States on February 1, 2007 on NBC.

Ben Franklin (company) <=SEP=> Ben Franklin is a chain of five and dime and arts and crafts stores found in small towns throughout the United States, currently owned by Promotions Unlimited of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.  They are organized using a franchise system, with individual stores owned by independent proprietors. It was perhaps the first retail franchise, starting in 1927. They are named after Benjamin Franklin, taking a cue in their merchandise offerings from Franklin's saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned."

Ben Franklin Academy <=SEP=> Ben Franklin Academy (BFA) is a private senior high school in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia that follows a "mastery" curriculum, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is located at 1585 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329.

Ben Franklin House <=SEP=> The Ben Franklin House is an apartment building located at 834 Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Originally opened in 1925 as the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, it was designed by Horace Trumbauer.The hotel attracted attention in 1947 for refusing to accommodate the Brooklyn Dodgers, who had used the hotel for years, because of the inclusion of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.

Ben Franklin Place <=SEP=> Ben Franklin Place is a building complex in the Centrepointe area of Ottawa which houses the Centrepointe Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, the Centrepointe Theatre, and a satellite office for the city of Ottawa. It also includes an outdoor skating rink.

Ben Franklin Transit <=SEP=> Ben Franklin Transit is the operator of public transportation in Franklin and Benton counties in the U.S. state of Washington. Seventeen routes provide local service for the three component urban areas of the Tri-Cities: Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco. Five routes connect the Tri-Cities metro area, as well as extend to the municipalities of Benton City, Prosser, and West Richland. Most routes run six days a week.

Ben Franklin effect <=SEP=> The Ben Franklin effect is a proposed psychological phenomenon: A person who has done or completed a favor for someone is more likely to do another favor for that person than they would be if they had received a favor from that person. Similarly, one who harms another is more willing to harm them again than the victim is to retaliate.

Ben Franklin in Paris <=SEP=> Ben Franklin in Paris is a musical with a book and lyrics by Sidney Michaels, and music by Mark Sandrich, Jr. with two songs contributed by Jerry Herman.The story is a somewhat fictionalized account of Benjamin Franklin's adventures in the French capital. Seeking support for the Colonies' war against England, he arrives in Paris, where he enlists the aid of an old friend, Madame la Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac, a confidante to King Louis XVI.

Ben Harris (baseball) <=SEP=> Ben Franklin Harris (December 17, 1889 – April 1, 1927) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Kansas City Packers in 1914 and 1915.

Ben L. Parker <=SEP=> Benjamin Lantz Parker (September 5, 1913 – June 11 or 12, 2003) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Ben Moore (judge) <=SEP=> Ben Moore (January 1, 1891 – September 25, 1958) was a United States federal judge.Born in Salyersville, Kentucky, Moore read law in 1915, and was in private practice in Charleston, West Virginia from 1915 to 1940. He was a Commissioner in Chancery, Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia from 1918 to 1940, and a judge on the Common Pleas Court in 1941. On March 1, 1941, Moore was nominated by President Franklin D.

Ben R. Marshall <=SEP=> Ben Marshall was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from January until September 1934.Marshall and future chief Dorsey accused each other of corruption.

Ben Roller <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Roller (July 1, 1876 – April 19, 1933) was a physician, a professional wrestler and a football player.

Ben duPont <=SEP=> Ben duPont is an American businessman, and is best known for founding the company yet2.com and yet2Ventures. He is a member of the prominent Du Pont family.

Benjamin Franklin <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] –  April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.

Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics) <=SEP=> The Benjamin Franklin Award is an award for Open Access in the Life Sciences presented by the Bioinformatics Organization.

Benjamin Franklin Bridge <=SEP=> The Benjamin Franklin Bridge – originally named the Delaware River Bridge, and now informally called the Ben Franklin Bridge – is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, it is one of four primary vehicular bridges between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, along with the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra Bridges. It carries Interstate 676/U.S.

Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans) <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin High School is a public magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin", this school should not be confused with Franklin High School in Franklin, Louisiana.  Ben Franklin was founded in 1957 as a school for gifted children. In 1990, it moved to its current location on the campus of the University of New Orleans (UNO) in the Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks neighborhood of Orleans Parish, near Lake Pontchartrain.

Benjamin Franklin House <=SEP=> This article is about the former London home of Benjamin Franklin. For the early 20th century high-rise hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States, see Ben Franklin House.Benjamin Franklin House is a museum in a terraced Georgian house at 36 Craven Street, London, close to Trafalgar Square. It is the only surviving former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. (1857–1894) was an American humorist and poet whose work published under the names Ben King or the pseudonym Bow Hackley achieved notability in his lifetime and afterwards.

Benjamin Franklin Parkway <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic boulevard that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named for favorite son Benjamin Franklin, the mile-long Parkway cuts diagonally across the grid plan pattern of Center City's Northwest quadrant. It starts at Philadelphia City Hall, curves around Logan Circle, and ends before the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Benjamin Franklin School <=SEP=> Benjamin Franklin School may refer to:Benjamin Franklin School (Philadelphia), PennsylvaniaBenjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans), LouisianaBenjamin Franklin Public School Number 36, Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Center Township, Marion County, IndianaBenjamin Franklin School, a middle school in Uniontown Area School District, Pennsylvania

Chris Jordan (artist) <=SEP=> Chris Jordan (born 1963) is an artist based in Seattle, Washington.

Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London <=SEP=> Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London is a five-part radio play dramatizing Benjamin Franklin's career as a colonial lobbyist in London before the American Revolution. It starred Elizabeth Montgomery, George Grizzard and Sir Nigel Hawthorne. It was written, produced and directed by Yuri Rasovsky, under the aegis of Robert Foxworth's American Dialogues Foundation. Syndicated to public radio stations in 1993, it was later released as an audiobook.

Deborah Read <=SEP=> Deborah Read Franklin (about 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the spouse of Benjamin Franklin, a prominent inventor, printer, thinker, revolutionary and Founding Father of the United States.Benjamin Franklin proposed to Deborah Read in 1724 when he was eighteen years old, but her mother would not consent to the marriage, citing Franklin's pending trip to England and financial instability.

Franklin (automobile) <=SEP=> The Franklin Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York.Herbert H. Franklin founded the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company in 1893 and, in 1901, teamed up with engineer John Wilkinson to develop an air-cooled engine. In 1902, the Franklin automobile was introduced.

Franklin 4 series <=SEP=> The Franklin 4 (US military designations O-150, O-170, O-175, and O-200) was a series of air-cooled aircraft engines of flat-4 configuration produced in the 1930s and 40s.

Franklin 6 series <=SEP=> The Franklin 6 is a series of air-cooled aircraft and helicopter engines of flat-6 configuration, produced from the 1930s to the 1970s, that found widespread use in helicopters and some light aircraft, (Military designation;O-335, O-405 and O-425), as well as in the 1948 Tucker Sedan (with the engine modified for water cooling).

Franklin Avenue – Fulton Street (New York City Subway) <=SEP=> Franklin Avenue – Fulton Street is a station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by the: Franklin Avenue Shuttle train at all times C train at all times except late nights A train during late nights

Franklin O-335 <=SEP=> The Franklin O-335 (Company designations variations on 6A4) was a series of air-cooled aircraft engines of flat-six configuration.

Franklin Templeton Investments <=SEP=> Franklin Resources Inc. is an American holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments; it is a global investment firm originally founded in New York in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker BEN, in honor of Benjamin Franklin, who was admired by founder Rupert Johnson, Sr. In 1973 the company's headquarters moved from New York to San Mateo, California.

Jacob Dorsey <=SEP=> Jacob Dorsey was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from September 1934 until the Summer of 1936.Dorsey accused former chief Marshall of corruption in 1934.

Jacques Piccard <=SEP=> Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater vehicles for studying ocean currents. He and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest part of the world's ocean, and the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench located in the western North Pacific Ocean.

List of Franklin episodes <=SEP=> A list of episodes from the children's television series Franklin.

List of county routes in Franklin County, New York <=SEP=> The Franklin County, New York, Highway Department maintains 266 miles (428 km) of roads as county routes. All county routes in Franklin County are signed with a green square marker that is unique to the county. There is no apparent pattern to how routes are assigned; however, no active county route has the same number as any of the county's U.S. Highways or New York state touring routes, with the exception of County Route 3 (CR 3).

List of places named for Benjamin Franklin <=SEP=> There are many places named for Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. There are a total of 151 places and institutions listed here: 1 state, 32 counties, 50 municipalities (that is, towns and cities), 3 geologic features, 6 colleges and universities, 23 high schools, 8 middle schools, 14 elementary schools (that is 51 schools in all), 2 businesses, 3 transportation ways, and 9 other things. Among these are:

Mount Franklin (New Hampshire) <=SEP=> Mount Franklin is a mountain located in Coös County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Benjamin Franklin, and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. Note that Ben Franklin was not a president. Mount Franklin is flanked to the northeast by Mount Monroe, and to the southwest by Mount Eisenhower.Mt. Franklin drains on the northwest side into the Ammonoosuc River, thence into the Connecticut River and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Nebraska <=SEP=> This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Nebraska.  It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States.

Societas Domi Pacificae <=SEP=> Societas Domi Pacificae, colloquially known as The Pacifica House or SDP, is a secret society based at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, and is the oldest student secret society in the United States. Organized in 1824 as The Franklin Society, it was created in a year when such a large class entered Brown University that the two existing literary debating societies, the Philermenian Society and the United Brothers Society could not accommodate the new students.

USS Franklin (CV-13) <=SEP=> The USS Franklin (CV/CVA/CVS-13, AVT-8), nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars. She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 800 of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged United States carrier to survive the war.

Uncle Ben <=SEP=> Benjamin "Ben" Parker, usually called Uncle Ben, is a supporting character in the Marvel Universe's Spider-Man stories. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Modeled after American founding father Benjamin Franklin, this character portrays an influential role in the Spider-Man mythos.Ben was the uncle and surrogate father of Peter Parker, Spider-Man's alter ego.

Washington-Franklin Issues <=SEP=> The Washington-Franklin Issues are a series of definitive U.S. Postage stamps depicting George Washington and Benjamin Franklin issued by the U.S. Post Office between 1908 and 1922. The distinctive feature of this issue is that it employs only two engraved heads set in ovals—Washington and Franklin in full profile—and replicates one or another of these portraits on every stamp denomination in the series.