At that time Benjamin Franklin was 46 years old and already had attained fame as a printer, author, inventor, publisher, educator, scientist, philosopher, and patriot. His accomplishments are so ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

His new book, a short biography of Franklin, is a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Morgan's publisher, Yale University Press, has given ...

is a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Morgan's publisher, Yale University Press, has given "Benjamin Franklin" a first printing of ...

Abstract: Benjamin Franklin was not only a brilliant scientist and inventor, but also a “practical man.” His simple terminology and logical explanations of scientific phenomena provided a solid ...

Benjamin Franklin, to his contemporaries the greatest figure America had yet produced, was born two hundred and fifty years ago, in January 1706. Publisher, printer, essayist and author, scientist, ...

Was Benjamin Franklin's account of a kite flight a scientific ... and his place in one of the most interesting periods in the history of electrical science and technology. Despite its title ...

Sometimes history can become distorted in the retelling ... so let's have another look at the real truth around Benjamin ...

Benjamin Franklin stated at the Constitutional Convention: 'History furnishes one example of a first Magistrate being ...

Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between ...

author of "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life;" and Erica Dunbar, Professor of History, Rutgers University. Moderated by Marty Moss-Coane (she/her), Host and Executive Producer of "Radio Times ...