whao was franklin benjamin?

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin, Revolutionary War Figure / Inventor / Writer

-Born: 17 January 1706
-Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
-Died: 17 April 1790 (pleurisy and old age)
-Best Known As: America's most lovable founding father

Franklin is perhaps the single most multi-talented figure in American history. His accomplishments are too varied to fully describe here; they include signing the Declaration of Independence, publishing the famous Poor Richard's Almanac, serving as postmaster of Philadelphia, founding the first American fire insurance company, living in Paris as American ambassador to France, and inventing useful objects like the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, and bifocal glasses.

Franklin also coined dozens of popular sayings, including "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Answer 2

benjamin franklin was a scientist, inventor, and a politician. He never ran for U.S. President. His appearance on the 100 bill in the United States was to recognize him for his contribution to the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson and his showing up at the U.S. Constitution Convention in 1788. He was a scientist that was recognized for experiments with electricity, but got most of his fame by assisting the United States through the independence process from Great Britian and the Constitutional process.

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Answer 3

benjamin franklin was a scientist, inventor, and a politician. He never ran for U.S. President. His appearance on the 100 bill in the United States was to recognize him for his contribution to the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson and his showing up at the U.S. Constitution Convention in 1788. He was a scientist that was recognized for experiments with electricity, but got most of his fame by assisting the United States through the independence process from Great Britian and the Constitutional process.

Answer 4

Franklin, best known as a statesman and author, was also a first-class scientist and inventor. He made major contributions to the theory of electricity, including the first recognition of conservation of charge, a theory of static electricity, and proof that lightning is an electrical phenomenon. He also recognized the importance of ocean currents and had the Gulf Stream mapped for the first time.

Answer 5

Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the best known Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, diplomat, and candle maker. 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, invented the idea of an American nation[1], and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that made independence possible.

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. 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 it, 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, he was baptised at Old South Meeting House. 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 Almanac 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. Towards the end of his life, he became one of the most prominent abolitionists.

Franklin was interested in science and technology, carrying out his famous electricity experiments and inventing, in addition to his very important lightning rod, the Franklin stove, catheter, swimfins, glass harmonica, and bifocals. He also played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin and Marshall College. He was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, the oldest learned society in the United States, in 1769. In addition, Franklin was a noted linguist, fluent in five languages. He is typically recognized as a polymath.

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Answer 6

Inventor of Electricity , he did experiments with lightening

Answer 7

he is the one who found out that there is electricity in lightning

Answer 8

he was president of america his picture is on their currency

Answer 9

you reversed it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Answer 10

president of U.S.A.