1790
Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)
Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)
Benjamin Franklin
American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
- Died
- 1790
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.