Benjamin Franklin

1706 - 1790 Renaissance American

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Benjamin Franklin was a polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, renowned as a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, conducted groundbreaking electricity experiments, published Poor Richard's Almanack under personas like Richard Saunders to promote virtue and wit, signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, served as ambassador to France, and exemplified the self-made man through his autobiography detailing moral perfection pursuits.

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