Benjamin Franklin where did he live? when did he do his work? Did he live inwhat country/state?

Question

what did he accomplish/do?
and your sourceas plz. no wikipieadia.

Answer 1

Ben Franklin 1706-1790. He was an accomplished printer, statesman and inventor. He discovered electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocal glasses and swim fins amongst many other things. He called for daylight savings time long before anyone else (not adopted until World War I). He developed the U.S. Post Office and called for the turkey to be our national symbol (not the eagle)

Answer 2

Franklin was born and raised in the Massachusetts colony, but left his family as a teenager and sailed to Philadelphia, where he became famous for being a printer, then a statesman and one of the founding fathers of our country. He was also a prolific inventor. He invented bi-focals, the lightning rod, the Franklin Stove, and even water-skiing (even though that was dependent upon boats with engines, which were over 100 years in the future, and he took that into account). He was so famous world-wide during his lifetime, his fame has recently been likened to that of the Rolling Stones or Michael Jordan. Some foreign countries trusted no American but Franklin during the Revolutionary War, so good was his reputation.

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, developed the idea of an American nation, and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that made independence possible. One of the oldest Founders, Franklin was noted for his curiosity, his writings (popular, political and scientific), and his diversity of interests. His wise and scintillating writings are proverbial to this day. He shaped the American Revolution. As a leader of the Enlightenment, he gained the recognition of scientists and intellectuals across Europe. An agent in London before the Revolution, and Minister to France during, he more than anyone defined the new nation in the minds of Europe. His success in securing French military and financial aid was the turning point for American victory over Britain. He invented the lightning rod; he was an early proponent of colonial unity; historians hail him as the "First American". The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania marked Franklin's 300th birthday in January 2006 with a wide array of exhibitions, and events citing Franklin's extraordinary accomplishments throughout his illustrious career. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to a devout Anglican tallow-maker, Franklin learned printing from his older brother and became a newspaper editor, printer, and merchant in Philadelphia, becoming very wealthy. He spent many years in England and published the famous Poor Richard's Almanack and the Pennsylvania Gazette. He formed both the first public lending library and fire department in America as well as the Junto, a political discussion club. He became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. A diplomatic genius, Franklin was almost universally admired among the French as American minister to Paris, and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. From 1775 to 1776, Franklin was Postmaster General under the Continental Congress and from 1785 to his death in 1790 was President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Franklin was interested in science and technology, carrying out his famous electricity experiments and invented the Franklin stove, medical catheter, lightning rod, swimfins, glass armonica (not the harmonica, which was invented long after Franklin), and bifocals. He also played a major role in establishing the higher education institutions that would become the University of Pennsylvania and the Franklin and Marshall College. In addition, Franklin was a noted linguist, fluent in five languages. He also practiced and published on astrology (see Poor Richard's Almanac). He is typically recognized as a polymath. Franklin was also noted for his philanthropy and several liaisons, including that which produced his illegitimate Loyalist son William Franklin, later the colonial governor of New Jersey. Towards the end of his life, he became one of the most prominent early American abolitionists.

Answer 4

he lived in philly, in england as our diplomat, he did his work in colonial american times and during the revolution. Philedelphia,Pa