21. Benjamin Franklin: An Enlightened American A comprehensive look at the life of benjamin franklin, including a biography, quotations, anecdotes, interesting facts, and detailed descriptions of his http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/home.htm

intelligence, passion, strength, devotion, charisma, tenacity, perseverance, generosity, forgiveness Franklin possessed all of these qualities and that is why he is considered to be one of the greatest American minds and a proud pillar of our national heritage. However, our affinity for Franklin extends deeper. He seems to embody and personify the American dream. Born the son of a candlemaker, few people would have surmised that Franklin would master so many disciplines. His story proves that with determination and dedication, success is within anyone's grasp. A leading American statesman, inventor, philanthropist, publisher, revolutionary, and thinker, Benjamin Franklin was truly the Enlightened American. Biography - Venture into the life of Benjamin Franklin. Celebrate his accomplishments, and discover his fascinating experiences of epic proportions. Filled with heroism, tragedy, and ultimately triumph, Franklin's tale continues to inspire us all. The story of a man who savored life to the last drop, Franklin's biography, more than legendary, has the potential to change our perceptions and way of thinking. After reading this, you may never be the same again. Complete Works - Benjamin Franklin's wit invariably found its way into his prolific writing. In this section, we present complete works authored by Benjamin Franklin so one may discover his ideas and motives first-hand.

22. Benjamin Franklin In 1721 James franklin founded a Spectatorlike weekly newspaper, the New-England Courant, to which readers were invited to contribute. benjamin, now 16 http://www.crystalinks.com/franklin.html

Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin - born Jan.17 [Jan. 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston d. April 17, 1790, Philadelphia - pseudonym Richrd Saunders - American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. Franklin, next to George Washington possibly the most famous 18th-century American, by 1757 had made a small fortune, established the Poor Richard of his almanacs (written under his pseudonym) as an oracle on how to get ahead in the world, and become widely known in European scientific circles for his reports of electrical experiments and theories. What is more, he was then just at the beginning of a long career as a politician, in the course of which he would be chief spokesman for the British colonies in their debates with the king's ministers about self-government and would have a hand in the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the securing of financial and military aid from France during the American Revolution, the negotiation of the treaty by which Great Britain recognized its former 13 colonies as a sovereign nation, and the framing of the Constitution, which for more than two centuries has been the fundamental law of the United States of America. And as impressive as Franklin's public service was, it was perhaps less remarkable than his contributions to the comfort and safety of daily life. He invented a stove, still being manufactured, to give more warmth than open fireplaces; the lightning rod and bifocal eyeglasses also were his ideas. Grasping the fact that by united effort a community may have amenities which only the wealthy few can get for themselves, he helped establish institutions people now take for granted: a fire company, a library, an insurance company, an academy, and a hospital. In some cases these foundations were the first of their kind in North America.

23. Benjamin Franklin | PBS ever known. Born into the family of a Boston candle maker, benjamin franklin became the most famous American of his time. He helped http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

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24. Benjamin Franklin Quotes - The Quotations Page We have 2 book reviews related to benjamin franklin. benjamin franklin; A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Benjamin_Franklin/

Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 30 of 60 total We have 2 book reviews related to Benjamin Franklin. A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All would live long, but none would be old. Benjamin Franklin An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One. Benjamin Franklin At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment. Benjamin Franklin Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

25. Welcome To Benjamin Franklin House n the heart of London, just steps from famed Trafalgar Square, is benjamin franklin House, the world s only remaining franklin home. http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/

Benjamin Franklin House AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0','width','748','height','264','align','baseline','src','../flash/homepage_11','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','../flash/homepage_11' ); //end AC code n the heart of London, just steps from famed Trafalgar Square, is Benjamin Franklin House, the world's only remaining Franklin home. For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775, Dr Benjamin Franklin - scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor, Founding Father of the United States and more - lived behind its doors. Benjamin Franklin House, built circa 1730, is now open to the public as a dynamic museum and educational facility. The Historical Experience presents the excitement and uncertainty of Franklin's London years using rooms where so much took place as staging for a drama which seamlessly integrates live performance, cutting edge lighting, sound and projection technology. School visitors explore the Student Science Centre featuring hands-on experimentation with Franklin's London scientific discoveries, juxtaposing past and present knowledge.

26. Benjamin Franklin Quotes 216 quotes and quotations by benjamin franklin. benjamin franklin Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. benjamin franklin http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benjamin_franklin.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Benjamin Franklin Quotes Type: Politician Quotes Category: American Politician Quotes Date of Birth: January 17 Date of Death: April 17 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Benjamin Franklin Related Authors: Adlai E. Stevenson Donald Rumsfeld Jon Porter Tim Bishop ... Al From A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. Benjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. Benjamin Franklin A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Benjamin Franklin A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Benjamin Franklin A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin A place for everything, everything in its place.

27. The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Major international interactive exhibition and Philadelphia citywide celebration honoring genius and wit of Founding Father benjamin franklin on his http://www.benfranklin300.org/

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28. Inventor Benjamin Franklin Fascinating facts about benjamin franklin inventor of the lightning rod and bifocal glasses. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/franklin.htm

Fascinating facts about Benjamin Franklin inventor of the Franklin stove, lightning rod, odometer and bifocal glasses. Benjamin Franklin Inventor: Benjamin Franklin Criteria: First to invent. First practical. Entrepreneur. Birth: January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts Death: April 17, 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nationality: American Benjamin Franklin, American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father, Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler by trade, had 17 children; Benjamin was the 15th child and the 10th son. His mother, Abiah Folger, was his father's second wife. The Franklin family was in modest circumstances, like most New Englanders of the time. After his attendance at grammar school from age eight to ten, Benjamin was taken into his father's business. Finding the work uncongenial, however, he entered the employ of a cutler. At age 13 he was apprenticed to his brother James, who had recently returned from England with a new printing press. Benjamin learned the printing trade, devoting his spare time to the advancement of his education. His reading included Pilgrim's Progress by the British preacher John Bunyan

29. Benjamin Franklin As A Scientist Focuses on franklin s contributions to the world of science. Includes related experiment. http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/scientst.html

In the 1700s, a scientist was someone who thought about the way things work and tried to figure out ways to make things work better. Today, that definition is still true. Every time Ben Franklin saw a question and tried to answer it, he was a scientist. Every time you ask a question and try to get an answer, you too are a scientist. Ben is most famous for his questions about electricity , but he also experimented with many other ideas in nature. In 1743, Ben observed that northeast storms begin in the southwest. He thought it was odd that storms travel in an opposite direction to their winds. He predicted that a storm's course could be plotted. Ben rode a horse through a storm and chased a whirlwind three-quarters of a mile in order to learn more about storms. So, in a way, Ben was a weatherman too! He even printed weather forecasts in his almanack. Today's meteorologists don't chase storms on horseback, but they do continue to plot the course of storms. Since Ben spent so much time sailing to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, he became very interested in both ocean currents and shipbuilding. Ben was actually one of the first people to chart the Gulf Stream. He measured its temperature on each of his eight voyages and was able to chart the Stream in detail. In November of 1783, Ben happened to be in Paris, France working on a peace treaty to end the American war against England. From his hotel window, he was able to watch the world's first known

30. Benjamin Franklin --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on benjamin franklin American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109416

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31. Benjamin Franklin As A Founding Father benjamin franklin stands tall among a small group of men we call our Founding Fathers. Ben used his diplomacy skills to serve his fellow countrymen. http://www.franklininstitute.org/franklin/statsman/statsman.html

Benjamin Franklin stands tall among a small group of men we call our Founding Fathers. Ben used his diplomacy skills to serve his fellow countrymen. His role in the American Revolution was not played out on the battlefields like George Washington , but rather in the halls and staterooms of governments. His clear vision of the way things should be, and his skill in both writing and negotiating, helped him to shape the future of the United States of America. Ben stands alone as the only person to have signed all four of the documents which helped to create the United States: the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France (1778), the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782), and the Constitution (1787). He actually helped to write parts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. No other individual was more involved in the birth of our nation. Besides helping to mold the United States of America, Ben helped to make everyday life in the city better. He served as Postmaster, helping to set up the postal system in Philadelphia. In order to make Philadelphia a safer city, he started the Union Fire Company in 1736. A few years later, in 1752, he set up America's first fire insurance company. He even organized a Night Watch and Militia to help keep peace and safety in Philadelphia. While in Paris, Ben proposed the idea of Daylight Savings Time.

32. FRANKLIN, Benjamin - Biographical Information franklin, benjamin, (uncle of franklin Davenport), a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Boston, Mass., January 17, 1706; attended the Boston Grammar School http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000342

33. Franklin_Benjamin Summary benjamin franklin (17061790) Honours awarded to benjamin franklin (Click below for those honoured in this way). Royal Society Copley Medal, 1753 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Franklin_Benjamin.htm

Benjamin Franklin Click the picture above to see nine larger pictures Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing] List of References (3 books/articles) Some Quotations Mathematicians born in the same country Show birthplace location Additional Material in MacTutor Obituary: The Times Honours awarded to Benjamin Franklin (Click below for those honoured in this way) Royal Society Copley Medal Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Other Web sites J A L Lemay Paul C Pasles NNDB Franklin's autobiography ... Previous (Chronologically) Next Main Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Biographies index JOC/EFR © June 2001 The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Franklin_Benjamin.html

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35. From Revolution To Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline Of American Literature: Dem benjamin franklin, whom the Scottish philosopher David Hume called America s first great man of letters, embodied the Enlightenment ideal of humane http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/lit/franklin.htm

var level = 2; FRtR Outlines American Literature Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820 > Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) An Outline of American Literature by Kathryn VanSpanckeren Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Index Benjamin Franklin, whom the Scottish philosopher David Hume called America's "first great man of letters," embodied the Enlightenment ideal of humane rationality. Practical yet idealistic, hard-working and enormously successful, Franklin recorded his early life in his famous Autobiography . Writer, printer, publisher, scientist, philanthropist, and diplomat, he was the most famous and respected private figure of his time. He was the first great self-made man in America, a poor democrat born in an aristocratic age that his fine example helped to liberalize. Franklin was a second-generation immigrant. His Puritan father, a chandler (candle-maker), came to Boston, Massachusetts, from England in 1683. In many ways Franklin's life illustrates the impact of the Enlightenment on a gifted individual. Self- educated but well-read in John Locke, Lord Shaftesbury, Joseph Addison, and other Enlightenment writers, Franklin learned from them to apply reason to his own life and to break with tradition in particular the old-fashioned Puritan tradition when it threatened to smother his ideals. While a youth, Franklin taught himself languages, read widely, and practiced writing for the public. When he moved from Boston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Franklin already had the kind of education associated with the upper classes. He also had the Puritan capacity for hard, careful work, constant self- scrutiny, and the desire to better himself. These qualities steadily propelled him to wealth, respectability, and honor. Never selfish, Franklin tried to help other ordinary people become successful by sharing his insights and initiating a characteristically American genre the self-help book.

36. TIME: Citizen Ben's Great Virtues benjamin franklin is the founding father who winks at us. But Ben franklin, that genial urban entrepreneur, seems made of flesh rather than of marble, http://www.time.com/time/2003/franklin/bffranklin.html

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37. Books: The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin franklin s life as a printer, inventor, scientist, and revolutionary, with an introduction, a timeline and related links. http://eserver.org/books/franklin/

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38. IMA Hero: Ben Franklin HH benjamin franklin was a hero read about his life, the times in which he lived, and http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/ben_herohistory.htm

Home Collection Education Section Hero History Ben Franklin Contents: Benjamin Franklin Fo unding Father Printer and Writer ... Honoring Ben Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin is one of the greatest Americans in history. He contributed to society in almost every aspect. He was a writer, printer, newsman, publisher, editor, civic leader, inventor, scientist, philosopher, musician, patriot, statesman, and diplomat. Ben was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He came from a big family and had 16 brothers and sisters. Top of Page Founding Father When Ben was born, the United States of America had not been formed. Massachusetts was one of 13 colonies ruled by England. Ben played a key role in forming the United States of America, and he is known as one of the Founding Fathers. In 1775, he was a member of the Second Continental Congress, and in 1776, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence. In 1787, he was a member of the Constitutional Convention and helped draft the U.S. Constitution.

39. Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words (American Treasures Of The Library Of Congre benjamin franklin own words library congress exhibition american treasures. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/franklin-home.html

The Library of Congress Exhibitions American Treasures American Treasures Pages All Exhibition Pages All Library Pages Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words , indicates the depth and breadth of Benjamin Franklin's public, professional, and scientific accomplishments through important documents, letters, books, broadsides, and cartoons. Marking the tercentenary of Franklin's birth, this exhibition, concentrates on his achievements as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist, and, particularly, as a politician and statesman. The physical exhibition will be on view at the Library through June 17, 2006. Exhibition Overview Transcripts Checklist of Objects Learn More ... Acknowledgments Exhibition Sections: Introduction A Cause For Revolution Break With Britain Continental Congress ... American Treasures January 19, 2006 Contact Us Exhibitions Online Survey

40. Benjamin Franklin : Keele University : American Studies The benjamin franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, with kind permission of Joe Topping. franklin Institute Virtual Science Musuem Glimpses of the Man http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Portraits/franklin.html

Prospective Students Undergraduate courses Postgraduate courses About Us ... David Bruce Centre Useful Links : Portraits Benjamin Franklin The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, with kind permission of Joe Topping. The scientific inventor, philosopher, diplomat, writer and businessman - to name but a few attributes - was born in Boston in 1706 and died in 1790. The rest is history - and Autobiography. Franklin Institute Virtual Science Musuem Glimpses of the Man Literary texts, Mimi Other Portraits (Keele American Studies Portrait Gallery) Last Updated May 31, 2005 Please contact the webmaster with any queries : page last updated March 14, 2006

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