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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Contributing Editor: David M. Larson Classroom Issues and Strategies The primary problem involved in teaching Benjamin Franklin in an American literature course is persuading students to view Franklin as a writer. The myth surrounding Franklin and the fact that he writes in genres many students view as informational rather than literary keep students from viewing Franklin's works as literature. In order to persuade students to treat Franklin as a writer, it is useful to demonstrate through literary analysis that issues of personae, organization, irony, style, and so forth are as applicable to writing that deals with factual information as they are to poetry, fiction, or drama. In teaching the Autobiography , instructors should keep in mind that it is helpful to have students approach it as though it were a picaresque novel; they can then bring to bear upon the work the techniques that they have developed for analyzing fiction. Students usually respond to and are rather disturbed by the protean quality of Franklin's personality and the variety of his achievement. They want the "real" Franklin to stand up and make himself known, and they want to know how he accomplished so much. Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues

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Site Orientation Heath Orientation Timeline Galleries Access Author Profile Pages by: Fifth Edition Table of Contents Fourth Edition Table of Contents Concise Edition Table of Contents Authors by Name ... Internet Research Guide Textbook Site for: The Heath Anthology of American Literature , Fifth Edition Paul Lauter, General Editor Benjamin Franklin On learning of Benjamin Franklin’s death in the spring of 1790, the French National Assembly, the “temporary” French government established after the initial stages of the French Revolution, decreed three days of mourning, a fitting tribute for the man who was for most eighteenth-century European intellectuals the quintessential American. At his death Franklin ranked with Voltaire and Rousseau as a philosophe, one of those multifaceted geniuses whose writings helped inspire the wave of intellectual and political freedom which swept western Europe in the closing years of the eighteenth century. Unlike most philosophers, however, Franklin had the chance to put his ideas into practice in the founding of a new nation: “He seized the lightening from the sky and the scepter from the hand of tyrants,” proclaimed the philosopher-scientist Turgot. Franklin’s start in Philadelphia was uncertain, but gradually his hard work, business sense, social talents, community service, political abilities, and literary skill gained him prosperity and public favor. With the free time provided by his growing wealth, Franklin experimented with electricity, making discoveries which earned him international acclaim. His reputation in Philadelphia as a philanthropic leader prompted his entrance into politics, and his local political success led to his appointment as agent for Pennsylvania in England. As dissatisfaction with Britain spread in the colonies, Franklin’s growing international reputation led to his appointment as agent for other colonies with grievances against England.

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Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin contributed mainly to the understanding of electricity. He performed experiments on lightening and finally concluded that lightening is caused by natural static electricity in the atmosphere. Some of his inventions include the lightening conductor, the household stove which is still manufactured today by several companies, and the bifocal lenses for spectacles. Benjamin Franklin helped in compiling the Constitution of the United States of America. Created by Team 11771 for ThinkQuest '97. Thank you for visiting. available . We appreciate your comments - Dave Philip Amir

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Search The Infography: Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is Ben Franklin. Six Superlative Sources Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Philadelpha. Harvard University Press, 1986. Van Doreen, Carl. Benjamin Franklin. Viking, 1938. Labaree, Leonard W., et al. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Yale University Press, 1959- . (34 vols to 2000.) Franklin, Benjamin. Writings. Edited by J.A. Leo Lemay. The Library of America, vol. 37. Viking, 1987. Cohen, I. Bernard. Franklin and Newton: An Inquiry into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example Thereof. American Philosophical Society, 1956. Sellers, Charles Coleman. Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture. Yale University Press, 1962. Search The Infography Advanced Search Page Through The Infography Alphabetically Framing Effects in Marketing Communications Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Free Online Scholarship (FOS) About The Infography published by Fields of Knowledge Clicking this button will display the HTML code.

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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) General Resources Benjamin Franklin (University Archives and Records Center, UPenn) Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man (Franklin Institute) The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Franklin Institute) Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History (L.A. Leo Lemy) D. H. Lawrence on Franklin and Crevecoeur, see Studies in Classic American Literature (1923) Writings Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania (Philadelphia, 1749) "Note from the University Archives and Records Center: Ben Franklin's 1749 pamphlet on the aims of education, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania, led directly to the founding of the Academy of Philadelphia, since 1791 known as the University of Pennsylvania. This hypertext version was created by Derek Smith C'97. " The Autobiography 1706-1757 (HTI, Univ. Michi.) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Archiving Early America site) The Autobiography 1771-1788 (U.Virginia) The Autobiography and Other Writings (Bibliomania) Autobiography Part I Part II Part III Essays and Letters A Receipt to Make a New-England Funeral Elegy Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress (1745) The Speech of Miss Polly Baker (1747) The Kite Experiment ... How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia from The Autobiography (American Revolution HTML Project) Poor Richard's Almanack and other writings (Gopher menu, VT)

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FRtR Biographies Benjamin Franklin A Biography of Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 A Biography of Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 Quote Franklin was born in 1706 at Boston. He was the tenth son of a soap and candlemaker. He received some formal education but was principally self-taught. After serving an apprenticeship to his father between the ages of 10 and 12, he went to work for his half-brother James, a printer. In 1721 the latter founded the New England Courant, the fourth newspaper in the colonies. Benjamin secretly contributed 14 essays to it, his first published writings. In 1723, because of dissension with his half-brother, Franklin moved to Philadelphia, where he obtained employment as a printer. He spent only a year there and then sailed to London for 2 more years. Back in Philadelphia, he rose rapidly in the printing industry. He published The Pennsylvania Gazette (1730-48), which had been founded by another man in 1728, but his most successful literary venture was the annual Poor Richard 's Almanac (1733-58). It won a popularity in the colonies second only to the Bible, and its fame eventually spread to Europe.

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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.

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Benjamin Franklin Fascinating facts about Benjamin Franklin inventor of the lightning rod and bifocal glasses. Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), 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

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Benjamin Franklin helped write the Declaration of Independence inventor of bifocals, stove, free library system, lightning rod writer, scientist, government leader, and statesman Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the 15th child in his family and went to work in his fathers chandlery (wax and candle shop) when he was 10. Next, he worked in his brother's printing house. He was very smart and loved to read. By 1723, at the age of 17, Franklin left for Philadelphia with no money and became a printer. By 1730 he owned his own business and published the Pennsylvania Gazette. He married Deborah Read and had three children. In 1732, Franklin began publishing the annual Poor Richard's Almanac. He had many readers and became a household name. He helped to establish the first U.S. lending library (1731) and an academy that later became the University of Pennsylvania. Ben Franklin was appointed as a clerk in the Pennsylvania Assembly and went on to hold a seat in the Assembly from 1751-1764. He served as the city deputy postmaster and later as the postmaster for the colonies.

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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjamin Franklin, born January 17, 1706, was the 10th son, and 15th child, of 17 children of Josiah Franklin, a soap and candlemaker, who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Although Franklin learned to read at an early age, he only attended grammar school for two years. By the time he was 10 years old, Franklin was working for his father. However, he did not enjoy the candlemaking profession, and became an apprentice to his brother James, a printer. For five years, Franklin sought to master the printers' trade. During this time, he also strove to improve his education. Franklin read numerous classics and perfected his writing style. One night, Franklin slipped a letter, signed "Silence Dogood," under the door of his brother's newspaper, the New England Courant. That letter and the next 13 written by Franklin were published anonymously. The essays were widely read and acclaimed for their satire. After a quarrel with his brother in 1723, Franklin left Boston for Philadelphia, where he again worked in the printing industry. He established a friendship with the Pennsylvania governor, Sir William Keith, and at Keith's suggestion, Franklin decided to go into business for himself. Keith offered to arrange letters of credit and introduction for Franklin's trip to London to purchase equipment. Unfortunately, Keith proved unreliable, and Franklin arrived in London with no means. However, he quickly found employment in two of London's largest printing houses, and after two years, earned enough money to return to America.

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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.

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