Family
William Franklin
Son
Son
Francis Franklin
Son
Son
Sarah "Sally" Franklin Bache
Daughter
Daughter
Deborah Read
Wife
Wife
Temple Franklin
Grandson
Grandson
Occupations
Printer
Inventor
Founder of University of Pennsylvania
Founder of Junto
Military Colonel
American delegate to France and Britain
Publisher of Poor Richard's Almanac
Owner of The Pennsylvania Gazette
President of Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Benjamin Franklin listed Deism as his religion
Member of the Freemasons
Benjamin Franklin listed Philadelphia as his hometown
Benjamin Franklin is from Boston, Massachusetts
Education
Boston Latin School
Brownell's School
Honorary Degree from Harvard University
Honorary Degree from Yale University
Honorary Degree from William and Mary College
Honorary Doctorate from St. Andrew's University
Honorary Doctorate from Oxford University
Receiver of the Copley Medal from London' Royal Society
Brownell's School
Honorary Degree from Harvard University
Honorary Degree from Yale University
Honorary Degree from William and Mary College
Honorary Doctorate from St. Andrew's University
Honorary Doctorate from Oxford University
Receiver of the Copley Medal from London' Royal Society
Contributions to Society
Wrote for the Courant, America's first independent, anti establishment newspaper
Advocate of inoculation
Proposed progressive taxation
Friend of Native Americans
Advancements in science and technology
Founded the University of Pennsylvania
Encouraged good values
Created the first fire departments
Opened the first libraries
Took part in the first recorded debate about abortion
Took a stance against hard currency
Wrote the first American gossip column
Stood in defense of free press with the "Apology for Printers"
Studied how dark colors are affected by heat
Wrote the Plan of the Union
Advocate of inoculation
Proposed progressive taxation
Friend of Native Americans
Advancements in science and technology
Founded the University of Pennsylvania
Encouraged good values
Created the first fire departments
Opened the first libraries
Took part in the first recorded debate about abortion
Took a stance against hard currency
Wrote the first American gossip column
Stood in defense of free press with the "Apology for Printers"
Studied how dark colors are affected by heat
Wrote the Plan of the Union
Member of Junto
A Philadelphia club which discussed philosophical, political, and social issues. It consisted of the best and brightest men in Philadelphia. The club went on to spawn many other branches.
Member of the Continental Congress
Signed the Declaration of independence and the constitution
PSEUDONYMS
Silence Dogood
Roor Richard
Celia Singleton
Alice Addertongue
Philopath
Bridget Saunders
Pennsylvanus
Roor Richard
Celia Singleton
Alice Addertongue
Philopath
Bridget Saunders
Pennsylvanus