James Franklin

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James Franklin was an early 18th-century Boston printer and publisher, best known as Benjamin Franklin’s older brother and the founder of the New-England Courant.

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instanceOf colonial American
historical figure
journalist
printer
publisher
activeYearsEnd 1730s
activeYearsStart 1710s
birthPlace Boston
British America
Province of Massachusetts Bay
birthYear 1697
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathPlace Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Newport, Rhode Island
deathYear 1735
employer New-England Courant
familyName Franklin
fieldOfWork journalism
printing
publishing
founded New-England Courant
genre newspaper publishing
givenName James
hasApprentice Benjamin Franklin
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTime early 18th century
notableFor being Benjamin Franklin’s older brother
challenging colonial authorities through the New-England Courant
publishing one of the first independent newspapers in colonial America
notableWork New-England Courant
occupation newspaper editor
printer
publisher
partOf early American press history
positionHeld editor of the New-England Courant
relative Benjamin Franklin
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Boston
Newport, Rhode Island
sibling Benjamin Franklin
workLocation Boston
Newport, Rhode Island

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Benjamin Franklin’s parents hadChild James Franklin