Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin was a leading American polymath of the 18th century, renowned as a statesman, inventor, writer, and key figure in the American Enlightenment and the founding of the United States.

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instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
diplomat
human
inventor
philosopher
politician
polymath
postmaster
printer
publisher
scientist
writer
appearsOn Federal Reserve Note
surface form: United States one-hundred-dollar bill
birthDate 1706-01-17
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
child Francis Folger Franklin
Sarah Franklin Bache
William Franklin
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1790-04-17
deathPlace Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
familyName Benjamin Franklin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Franklin
founded American Philosophical Society
Library Company of Philadelphia
Union Fire Company
University of Pennsylvania
fullName Benjamin Franklin self-link
givenName Benjamin
heldPosition Postmaster General of the United States
President of Pennsylvania
United States Ambassador to France
knownFor Franklin stove
bifocal glasses
experiments with electricity
founding the University of Pennsylvania
kite experiment
lightning rod
negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1783)
role in drafting the United States Constitution
role in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence
memberOf Constitutional Convention
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787

Second Continental Congress
movement Age of Enlightenment
American Enlightenment
notableWork Poor Richard's Almanack
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
occupation author
diplomat
inventor
politician
printer
scientist
portraitImage https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Benjamin_Franklin_by_Joseph_Duplessis_1778.jpg
religion Deism
signatureImage https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg
spouse Deborah Read

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Franklin County namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
subject surface form: Franklin County, New York
Franklin Street namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
subject surface form: Franklin Street (Oakland)
this entity surface form: Benjamin Franklin (likely)
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville notableGuest Benjamin Franklin
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville associatedWith Benjamin Franklin
Bust of Benjamin Franklin depicts Benjamin Franklin
Franklin County namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
subject surface form: Franklin County, Maine
Stacy Madeleine Schiff notableSubject Benjamin Franklin
Franklin, Kentucky namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
Leyden jar historicallyAssociatedWith Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson wroteAbout Benjamin Franklin
Franklin County, Indiana namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
Franklin half dollar obverseDesign Benjamin Franklin
Franklin half dollar portraitSubject Benjamin Franklin
Franklin County namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
subject surface form: Franklin County, Florida