Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790
American founding father who studied electricity and invented the lightning rod.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was a statesman and inventor, born in Boston and died in Philadelphia.
- Known as
- Statesman and inventor
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1706, Boston
- Died
- 1790, Philadelphia
Alive at the same time as Benjamin Franklin
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- John Wesley 1703–1791, religious leader
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- Leonhard Euler 1707–1783, mathematician
- Carl Linnaeus 1707–1778, biologist
- Samuel Johnson 1709–1784, writer
- Frederick the Great 1712–1786, king
- James Watt 1736–1819, inventor
- Antoine Lavoisier 1743–1794, chemist
- Edward Jenner 1749–1823, physician
Portrait: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain.
